Aggressive-class ocean minesweeper — Sister Ships & Common Equipment
All 14 documented sister ships of the Aggressive-class ocean minesweeper, with equipment commonality across sister-ship manifests.
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Class-Wide Equipment Commonality
Equipment-manufacturer pairs that appear in at least 2 sister-ship manifests of the Aggressive-class ocean minesweeper. This consensus pattern reflects standard machinery installations for the class.
| Equipment | Manufacturer | Found Aboard |
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| Boiler Auxiliary Cylotherm Type | US Radiator Corp. | 12 sister ships |
| Diesel V Cylinder Engines | Packard Motors | 12 sister ships |
| Fire Pump | Worthington Pump | 12 sister ships |
| Main Distilling Apparatus | E B Badger & Sons Co. | 12 sister ships |
| Main Refrigeration | Carrier Co. | 12 sister ships |
| Reduction Gear | Westinghouse | 12 sister ships |
| Ships Service Air Compressor Hplp | Gardner Denver Co. | 12 sister ships |
Source: aggregated from 14 sister-ship equipment manifests (BUSHIPS primary records, public litigation document extracts, and Wikipedia/DANFS public records). Individual ship variations may exist. Entries appearing on only 1 sister ship are excluded as not yet class-confirmed.
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