European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 6, 1958, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Star a n d s t r j p a t u r Section must be experts on undersea at Anchor off Beirut though ship carries enough men to 6th fleets special ships for specialized tasks like the uss sweep sea of helped pave Way for Safe Landing of forces in Lebanon by Henry staff writer Crew prepare to lower a Para Ane or photos by Hunter Riding at Anchor a few Miles off dwarfed by the Heavie muscled units of the Goth is a vessel of very specialized character to fit its specialized Mission the uss adroit is a wooden ship and not an ounce of Metal aboard it is of a magnetic wire coat hangers Are banned in the Normal course of a War time Mission adroit would be operating in Waters sown with magnetic the minesweepers Job is to i Pate and destroy such As Well As the Contact without getting itself on the roster of ships and despite its immunity to magnetic its not tranquil izing adroit was sent to Beirut at the time the marines landed in its task was to make sure there were no underwater hazards awaiting the 6th fleets ships or the Landing As it turned none were but an All Clear signal from a minesweeper like adroit can save a lot of Weir and tear on the nerves of com manding the adroit is Small As warships go Only 181 feet Overall and displacing 801 tons but carries enough equipment and highly trained men in its compact Hull to fill its Mso 509 As adroit is listed in the navys books is commanded by it Wesley it Jug Burton the ships pointed out recently that theres a lot More to min sweeping in modern fare than towing those shark shaped underwater devices that slice the mooring cables of anchored mines so that  Bob to the surface where they can be destroyed by towing or pigs As there called by sailors of stl3 an september 1958 the stats and stripes important part of routine aboard the adroit and its sister but the modern Day mine fighter frequently has to get lot closer to his which Means skin diving of a sometimes Hibbiy dangerous this involves finding and defusing Limpet mines or other destructive attached to ships hulls by enemy or deactivating a variety of underwater ordnance that May Lurk in the path of Landing adroit has four divers in its present complement ens James mine Man Douglas Duane Peck and damage control Man Paul Only Wiloughby is a regular member of adroit Crew the other three Are attached to explosive ordnance disposal unit and were sent out to join adroit when it was ordered to some of the diving they of a less dramatic of their jobs is to swim around under Navy ships Check ing for damaged inspecting hulls or cleaning out stopped up seawater adroit cant claim uniqueness because of its wooden is one of 62 in its class but claims distinction for a ship of its size because three of the Crew Are from the same they Are the Hines quartermaster who is 24 and the signal Seaman Dwight and Seaman Raymond who is their Grandfather was a Navy Ronald is an old hand aboard having taken part in its commissioning in March after serving on a Navy Dwight served four years in the army before enlisting in the Navy in but it Doest end another also is in the now serving in but has for permission to to the uss Page 11