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  2. USS Improve (AM-247) - Wikipedia

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    USS Improve (AM-247) was an Admirable -class minesweeper built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She was built to clear minefields in offshore waters, and served the Navy in the North Atlantic Ocean and then in the Pacific Ocean. Improve received two battle stars for World War II service. Improve was laid down 1 June 1943 by Savannah ...

  3. Minesweeper (video game) - Wikipedia

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    Minesweeper is a logic puzzle video game genre generally played on personal computers. The game features a grid of clickable tiles, with hidden "mines" (depicted as naval mines in the original game) scattered throughout the board. The objective is to clear the board without detonating any mines, with help from clues about the number of ...

  4. USS Hazard (AM-240) - Wikipedia

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    USS. Hazard. (AM-240) USS Hazard at Freedom Park in Omaha, Nebraska. Two 1,710 shp (1,280 kW) Cooper Bessemer GSB-8 diesel engines, National Supply Co. single reduction gear, two shafts. /  41.27694°N 95.90167°W  / 41.27694; -95.90167. USS Hazard (AM-240) is an Admirable -class minesweeper that served in the United States Navy during ...

  5. USS Guide (AM-447) - Wikipedia

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    twin 20 mm cannons, one .50 cal (12.7 mm) machine gun, twin .30 cal (7.62 mm) machine guns. USS Guide (AM-447/MSO-447) was an Agile -class minesweeper acquired by the U.S. Navy for the task of removing mines that had been placed in the water to prevent the safe passage of ships. The second ship to be named Guide by the Navy, AM-447 was launched ...

  6. Minesweeper - Wikipedia

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    Minesweeper. Minesweeper J 636 underway in British coastal waters during World War II. A minesweeper is a small warship designed to remove or detonate naval mines. Using various mechanisms intended to counter the threat posed by naval mines, minesweepers keep waterways clear for safe shipping. [1]

  7. Microsoft Minesweeper - Wikipedia

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    Microsoft Minesweeper (formerly just Minesweeper, and also known as Flower Field) is a minesweeper -type video game created by Curt Johnson, originally for IBM 's OS/2, that was ported to Microsoft Windows by Robert Donner, both Microsoft employees at the time. First released as part of the Microsoft Entertainment Pack 1 in 1990, it was first ...

  8. List of Admirable-class minesweepers - Wikipedia

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  9. Natya-class minesweeper - Wikipedia

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    7 AMD-1000 naval mines or 32 depth charges. underwater mine searcher MKT-210. Sweeps BKT, AT-3, TEM-4. The Natya class, Soviet designation Project 266M Akvamarin, are a group of minesweepers built for the Soviet Navy and export customers during the 1970s and 1980s. The ships were used for ocean minesweeping.