While the ships proceeded toward a point off the Japanese home islands, where they would rendezvous with a fast carrier striking force, " Lowry " sighted and exploded a drifting mine.
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The "'Drifting-2 "'( o-2, or Piao-2 ) drifting mine is a small drifting mine jointly developed by the 710th Research Institute and Dalian Crane Factory.
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The "'Drifting-2 "'( o-2, or Piao-2 ) drifting mine is a small drifting mine jointly developed by the 710th Research Institute and Dalian Crane Factory.
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Meanwhile, the Left Flank Army organized a defense to hold Pei-mien-shan and Hung-tsao-shan, while they massed their artillery to attack shipping and laid drifting mines on the Yantze River.
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After World War I the drifting contact mine was banned, but was occasionally used during World War II . The drifting mines were much harder to remove than tethered mines after the war, and they caused about the same damage to both sides.
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She continued north before altering course to the west to pass through the " Rosengarten " ( " rose garden ", the German naval slang term for a minefield ) between Iceland and the Faroe Islands, encountering drifting mines several times.
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Many drifting mines revealed themselves with the wash of dawn & mdash; but no suiciders . " Wickes " destroyed one mine with gunfire and was about to destroy others when minesweepers arrived on the scene and relieved the destroyer of that duty.
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This drifting mine system is the first in Chinese service to be able to be taken apart for easier transportation, and then assembled just before being planted, and it is designed to float just below the surface of the water to avoid being visually detected.
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Other incidental occurrences that came up during the ship's time off the embattled isle of Okinawa included the rescue of five men from a raft from the fast transport " Bennington " ( CV-20 ); and exploding a drifting mine with gunfire.
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During the landing phases of " Forager ", which commenced on 15 June when Vice Admiral Turner's Task Force 52 ( the Northern Attack Force ) began sending ashore the marines under the command of Lieutenant General USMC, " Zane " laid down buoys and destroyed drifting mines with gunfire, working once more as mine-destruction vessel.
