HAZARD (Minesweeper) - View this location on map One of two surviving ADMIRABLE class fleet minesweepers, the largest and most successful class of American minesweepers, HAZARD (1944) was fitted for both wire and acoustic sweeping and could double as anti-submarine warfare and anti-aircraft ship. The ADMIRABLE class vessels were also used for patrol and escort duties. HAZARD first served in this capacity, escorting a convoy from San Francisco to Pearl Harbor,and then running with convoys to Eniwetok and Ulithi. In March 1945, she was sent to Okinawa, where she first performed antisubmarine patrol before sweeping the area off Kerama Retto in keeping with the minesweeper's slogan, 'No Sweep, No Invasion.' 2500 North 24th Street East, Omaha, Nebraska Historical, Kids

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