Golden Shellback. 1994 LST-1193. On the way to decom her and then turn her over to the Australian Navy.

What I meant was a lot of the actual minesweeping gear was made in the 1950's. I was involved in replacing a few of the magnetic minesweeping cables and some were the Anaconda cables that didn't have the solid rubber jacket on them.

Can't expect much from US minesweepers when the main minesweeping gear is from the 1950's

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: el cid again<br/>

<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>I consider the way WITP handles DD minesweeping a minor flaw in the game. Paravanes were there to use, so DDs should be able to perform the task in a very inefficient manner (highly costly, as well, but absolutely necessary ...