U.S. Employment of Naval Mines: A Chronology.

Abstract

During this century the United States has used naval mines both effectively and ineffectively. Naval mines first evolved as a weapon during the Revolutionary War. The United States employed them during both World Wars, most notably the North Sea Barrage in WWI and Operations Starvation in WWII. In such "go-for-bust" global wars against peer unified rivals, naval mines significantly shaped events. The Cold war brought a different type of warfare. This report provides information about naval mines and U.S. mining operations in the Revolutionary War, Civil War, WWI, WWII, the Korean War, Vietnam, Nicaragua and the Persian Gulf War.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1997
Accession Number
ADA362483

Entities

People

  • Sabrina R. Edlow

Organizations

  • Center for Naval Analyses

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Civil War
  • Cold War
  • International Organizations
  • Korean War
  • National Security
  • Naval Mines
  • Naval Operations
  • Naval Warfare
  • Navy
  • Persian Gulf
  • Prisoners Of War
  • Second World War
  • United States
  • Vietnam War
  • War
  • Warfare
  • Weapons

Fields of Study

  • History

Readers

  • Maritime and Naval Warfare Studies
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.