This mahogany-hulled minesweeper is one of the last of the "wooden walls" (wooden-hulled naval vessels).

Britain had five minesweepers clearing lanes off Kuwait, but London threatened to pull out the vulnerable wooden-hulled vessels unless the United States guaranteed more protection.

In the following days, Tilefish claimed two more kills-a cargo ship and a wooden-hulled antisubmarine vessel.

Though Portugal was neutral throughout World War II, a number of steel- and wooden-hulled vessels were built to trawler design for the RN.

She had a number of owners over the next 25 years, due in part to the expenses associated with the maintenance of a wooden-hulled vessel.

The wooden-hulled vessel was built in 1918-19 as the Yomachichi by the Oscar Daniels Shipbuilding Company of Tampa, Florida for the United States Shipping Board.

During World War II the wooden-hulled vessel was pressed into service as a minesweeper and light cargo vessel.

Patrol was a wooden-hulled vessel built at City Island, New York.

Patrol was a wooden-hulled vessel built for the United States Coast Guard at City Island, New York.

The 14 wooden-hulled vessels would be lashed together in pairs, in a reprise of a tactic that the admiral had used earlier at Port Hudson, Louisiana.