minesweeper
noun
mine·sweep·er
ˈmīn-ˌswē-pər 
: a warship for removing or neutralizing mines by dragging
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Quest served in the Royal Canadian Navy during World War II as a minesweeper and light cargo vessel and returned to commercial sealing operations after the war.
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Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 13 June 2024
Though dozens of shipwrecks lie in the sanctuary, NOAA singled out 11 wrecks for boaters to avoid, including the World War II minesweeper USS Heroic, the trawler Josephine Marie and the 55-foot North Star.
—Stephen Smith, CBS News, 28 Mar. 2024
Mexican army minesweepers reportedly deactivated more than 250 antipersonnel mines during that campaign.
—Keegan Hamilton, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2024
In July, researchers searching for World War I-era minesweepers that mysteriously vanished in Lake Superior more than a century ago instead found a long-missing ship that sank to the bottom of the lake in 1879.
—CBS News, 14 Dec. 2023
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Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 13 June 2024
Though dozens of shipwrecks lie in the sanctuary, NOAA singled out 11 wrecks for boaters to avoid, including the World War II minesweeper USS Heroic, the trawler Josephine Marie and the 55-foot North Star.
—Stephen Smith, CBS News, 28 Mar. 2024
Mexican army minesweepers reportedly deactivated more than 250 antipersonnel mines during that campaign.
—Keegan Hamilton, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2024
In July, researchers searching for World War I-era minesweepers that mysteriously vanished in Lake Superior more than a century ago instead found a long-missing ship that sank to the bottom of the lake in 1879.
—CBS News, 14 Dec. 2023
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minesweeper
noun
mine·sweep·er
ˈmīn-ˌswē-pər
: a warship for removing or destroying mines
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