LUGM-145

The LUGM-145 was an Iraqi produced naval moored contact mine. The mine had a 145 kilogram explosive warhead.[1] In February 1991, during the Gulf War, USS Tripoli (LPH-10) struck a LUGM-145 mine, losing a third of its fuel, and sustaining damage that would cost 3.5 million US dollars to repair.[2]

Notes

Cochran, Bryan M. (9 February 2004). "Mine Warfare—The Joint Force Commander's Achilles Heel" (PDF). Naval War College. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 27, 2012. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
Brown, Ronald J. (2000). U. S. Marines in the Persian Gulf, 1990-1991: With Marine Forces Afloat in Desert Shield and Desert Storm. p. 153. ISBN 0788185632.

References

"The Paradigm of Naval Mine Countermeasures: A Study in Stagnation".

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[1] Cochran, Bryan M. (9 February 2004). "Mine Warfare—The Joint Force Commander's Achilles Heel" (PDF). Naval War College. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 27, 2012. Retrieved 13 April 2016.

[2] Brown, Ronald J. (2000). U. S. Marines in the Persian Gulf, 1990-1991: With Marine Forces Afloat in Desert Shield and Desert Storm. p. 153. ISBN 0788185632.