Qualla: USS Salute: The Minesweeper That Found the Last Mine https://qualla.com/uss-salute-am-294 en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:37 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: USS Salute: The Minesweeper That Found the Last Mine https://qualla.com/uss-salute-am-294 USS Salute: The Minesweeper That Found the Last Mine: Introduction https://qualla.com/uss-salute-am-294/ Her job was to find mines before they found her. For eighteen months across the Pacific, USS Salute did exactly that -- sweeping channels ahead of invasion fleets, clearing the water so troop transports could anchor and soldiers could storm ashore. She swept Leyte, Ormoc Bay, Mindoro, Lingayen Gulf, Subic Bay, Manila Bay, Corregidor. She earned five battle stars and a Navy Unit Commendation. Then, on 8 June 1945, clearing Brunei Bay for the landings on Borneo, the minesweeper that had survived kamikaze attacks and shore battery fire struck a mine herself. She buckled amidships, and nine of her crew went down with her. The war would end in two months. The mine did not know that.

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]]> Thu, 02 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/8/c/v/uss-salute-am-294-wp/w8cv-uss-salute-the-minesweeper-that-found-the-last-min-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full USS Salute: The Minesweeper That Found the Last Mine: Built for a Dirty Job https://qualla.com/uss-salute-am-294/ Minesweeping was among the most dangerous assignments in the Pacific war. The ships were small -- Admirable-class minesweepers like Salute displaced barely a thousand tons -- and the work required them to go exactly where nobody else wanted to be: into uncleared waters ahead of t...

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]]> Thu, 02 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/8/c/v/uss-salute-am-294-wp/w8cv-uss-salute-the-minesweeper-that-found-the-last-min-built-for-a-dirty-job.mp3 0:06 2 full USS Salute: The Minesweeper That Found the Last Mine: Into the Philippines https://qualla.com/uss-salute-am-294/ Salute joined Mine Division 34 off the Leyte beaches on 20 October 1944 for a four-day sweep of the main transport channel. It was the beginning of a campaign that would take her to nearly every major landing in the Philippine liberation. After the sweeps, she anchored with the t...

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]]> Thu, 02 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/8/c/v/uss-salute-am-294-wp/w8cv-uss-salute-the-minesweeper-that-found-the-last-min-into-the-philippines.mp3 0:06 3 full USS Salute: The Minesweeper That Found the Last Mine: Five Thousand Yards from Corregidor https://qualla.com/uss-salute-am-294/ The most harrowing operation came in February 1945. Salute and her division began pre-invasion sweeps in Manila Bay on the 13th, clearing the way for landings at Mariveles and the fortress island of Corregidor. On 14 February, the minesweepers pressed to within 5,000 yards of Cor...

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]]> Thu, 02 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/8/c/v/uss-salute-am-294-wp/w8cv-uss-salute-the-minesweeper-that-found-the-last-min-five-thousand-yards-from-corregidor.mp3 0:06 4 full USS Salute: The Minesweeper That Found the Last Mine: Eight Minutes in Brunei Bay https://qualla.com/uss-salute-am-294/ On 7 June 1945, Mine Division 34 began the pre-invasion sweep for the landings in Brunei Bay, Borneo. The war was grinding toward its conclusion, but the mines seeded in these waters did not care about timetables. On 8 June, Salute struck one. The explosion buckled the ship amids...

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]]> Thu, 02 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/8/c/v/uss-salute-am-294-wp/w8cv-uss-salute-the-minesweeper-that-found-the-last-min-eight-minutes-in-brunei-bay.mp3 0:06 5 full USS Salute: The Minesweeper That Found the Last Mine: The Wreck Remembers https://qualla.com/uss-salute-am-294/ Today, Salute is a popular and challenging dive site in Brunei Bay. Munitions litter the wreck and the surrounding seabed -- a reminder that this is not merely a recreational attraction but a war grave. The Malaysian navy has removed her unexploded depth charges, reducing but not...

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