Albatross-class minesweeper may refer to one of the following minesweeper ship classes of the United States Navy:
An albatross is one of a family of large winged seabirds.
Sacha, Sasha, Sascha, or variant may refer to:
Three Canadian naval units have carried the name HMCS Miramichi.
The YMS-1 class of auxiliary motor minesweepers was established with the laying down of YMS-1 on 4 March 1941. Some were later transferred to the United Kingdom as part of the Second World War Lend-Lease pact between the two nations. One ship eventually made its way into the Royal Canadian Navy postwar.
USS Plover is a name the United States Navy has used more than once in naming a vessel:
USS Albatross (AM-71) was an Albatross-class minesweeper of the United States Navy during World War II.
The Albatross class was a class of minesweepers acquired by the United States Navy during World War II.
USS Albatross (MSC-289) was the lead ship of the Albatross-class coastal minesweeper acquired by the U.S. Navy for clearing coastal minefields.
USS Albatross (AMS-1/YMS-80) was an YMS-1-class auxiliary motor minesweeper acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II for clearing coastal minefields.
Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Albatross, after the seabird, the albatross. A seventh was planned but never completed:
Several Canadian naval units have been named HMCS Cowichan;
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Satellite:
The Adjutant-class auxiliary motor minesweepers were built for the United States Navy throughout the 1950s and 1960s, even as late as 1978. Most were loaned to foreign countries under the Military Defense Assistance Pact, with only 24 actually commissioned by the US Navy, with 13 of those eventually being transferred to foreign nations as well. Initially classified as auxiliary motor minesweepers (AMS), on 7 February 1955, they were reclassified as coastal minesweepers (MSC).
Three Japanese minesweepers have been named No.10 minesweeper:
Three Japanese minesweepers have been named No.8 minesweeper:
In addition to several other ships, two ships of the Imperial German Navy and one ship of the Austro-Hungarian Navy have been named SMS Nautilus, after the Greek word for a sailor.
Three Canadian naval units have been named HMCS Fundy.
Several Canadian naval units have been named HMCS Thunder;
Dzik has been the name of three ships of the Polish Navy: