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HNLMS Willem van der Zaan (ML-2/N82/F824/A880) was a minelayer of the Royal Netherlands Navy that was commissioned only days before the start of World War II in September 1939. She served in England, in the Netherlands East Indies, and as a convoy escort in the Indian Ocean before returning to The Netherlands in 1945.
USS Adams (DM-27) was a destroyer minelayer in the United States Navy.She was named for Lieutenant, junior grade Samuel Adams.The other two USS Adams that have existed were named after the second president.
World War II minelayers of the United Kingdom (19 P) Pages in category "World War II minelayers" This category contains only the following page.
During the Korean War, she was placed in service in reserve; and, on 7 February 1955, she was redesignated a fleet minelayer (MM-5). Her designation symbol was changed to MMF-5 in October 1955, and she was decommissioned on 6 August 1956.
The List of ships of World War II contains major military vessels of the war, arranged alphabetically and by type. The list includes armed vessels that served during the war and in the immediate aftermath, inclusive of localized ongoing combat operations, garrison surrenders, post-surrender occupation, colony re-occupation, troop and prisoner ...
After the end of World War II three war-damaged civilian ships with skeleton Navy crews and automated engineering spaces were used as minesweepers to trigger still-active US pressure mines in Japanese waters. There ships were not Navy ships and were to be disposed and therefore were not assigned Navy hull classifications.
Amiral Murgescu of the Romanian Navy, a successful World War II minelayer that was also employed as a destroyer escort Swedish minelayer Älvsborg (1974) Finnish Navy Hämeenmaa-class minelayer FNS Uusimaa. The most common use of the term "minelayer" is a naval ship used for deploying sea mines.
HMS Manxman (M70) was an Abdiel-class minelayer of the Royal Navy. The ship is named for an inhabitant of the Isle of Man. It served in the Mediterranean during World War II, and entered the Reserve Fleet following the end of the war.