File:North Sea Mine Barrage map 1918.png

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English: Map of the North Sea Mine Barrage, laid in the Summer of 1918. The mine barrage consisted of 18 rows of mines laid in an east-west direction between the Orkneys and Norway. The minefield was laid by British and U.S. ships. 56,571 of the 70,177 mines were deployed by the U.S. Navy.
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Source U.S. Navy All Hands magazine April 1986, p. 20.
Author U.S. Navy

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