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Navy Tests Mine Countermeasures On ESB-4

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Navy Tests Mine Countermeasures On ESB-4
U.S. Navy Sailors and civil service mariners launch an unmanned surface vehicle (USV) mine countermeasure platform from the expeditionary sea base USNS Hershel “Woody” Williams (T-ESB 4), into the Chesapeake Bay on September 14. This was the first time a USV was launched and recovered from a Navy ship. (Photo: U.S. Navy)

The Navy tested a mine countermeasures (MCM) mission package (MP) on the expeditionary sea base USNS Hershel “Woody” Williams (T-ESB-4), the service said Sept. 19. T-ESB-4 spent three days in the Chesapeake Bay, where it tested the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) MCM mission package portable control station to maneuver the MCM equipment and the launch and recovery of equipment. The ship also tested the command and control of unmanned vehicles used in the MCM package. According to released photos of…

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