This is Your Mine Countermeasures
3rd October 2025
The last Avenger class mine countermeasures (MCM) vessel, USS Devastator (MCM 6), has now been retired.[1] Our surface MCM capability is now entirely in the hands of the Independence class LCS. Yes, that LCS. The ship and MCM module that has suffered years of delay, failure after failure, and no realistic operational testing. That one. That disaster. No, this isn’t a Halloween horror story, although it should scare you to death. This is our current naval MCM reality.