The US Navy has issued a series of contracts to support the deployment of mine countermeasures (MCM) mission packages (MP) aboard littoral combat ships (LCS). The contracts, awarded through the ...

The last three MCM ships were purchased in 1990, bringing the total to 14 fully deployable, oceangoing Avenger class ships. These ships use sonar and video systems, cable cutters and a mine ...

Welch, USN, Sturgeon Bay supervisor of shipbuilding ... Chief is the last of 11 MCM ships contracted with the U.S. Navy to be launched at PBI. Peterson Builders is one of the few remaining ...