| 21. | Blue water fleets may require specialized vessels, such as mine sweepers, when operating in the littoral regions along the coast.
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| 22. | A French naval mine sweeper discovered the 71-meter ( 234-foot ) long, 9.7-meter ( 30-foot ) wide boat in 1984.
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| 23. | The SS Toorie, the SS Terka, and the SS Tolga were seconded to the Australian Navy and used as mine sweepers.
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| 24. | The ROK Navy continued to carry out other new shipbuilding projects such as mine sweepers, logistic support ships and amphibious landing ships.
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| 25. | Submarines and mine sweepers usually last 17-18 years, and destroyers about 25 years, a Defense Agency spokesman said on condition of anonymity.
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| 26. | "ATA-194 " arrived at Buckner Bay, Okinawa, on 14 October 1945, just before Auxiliary Mine Sweeper ( YMS ) from a reef.
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| 27. | Between 1940 and 1941 Rauff went back to the Navy as a volunteer, commanding a mine sweeper flotilla in the English Channel.
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| 28. | These were officially described as Australian mine sweepers, or as minesweeping sloops by the Royal Navy, and were named after Australian towns.
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| 29. | A French naval mine sweeper discovered the 71-meter ( 234-foot ) long, 9 . 7-meter ( 30-foot ) wide boat in 1984.
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| 30. | They are designated as " MSO " ( Mine Sweeper Ocean ), distinguishing them from the smaller coastal MSCs and inshore MSIs.
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