The U.S. Navy's New Coastal Minehunter (MHC): Design, Material, and Construction Facilities

During the mid 1980s the United States Navy embarked on an ambitious shipbuilding program to supplement the fourteen planned Averager class mine counter measure ships (MCMs) with a smaller coastal minehunter designed for harbor clearance, port breakout, and coastal deep water missions. Red Sea and Persian Gulf mining incidents during this period emphasized the need for modern forces. Technical problems led to the cancellation of the MSH program....