The term was first used by (then) Cmdr Charles F. Goodeve, RCNVR, during World War II while trying to counter the German magnetic mines that were playing havoc with the British fleet.
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Degaussing | degaussing |
After graduation, she enlisted in the Women's Royal Canadian Naval Service and, after basic training, was commissioned as a sub-lieutenant and assigned to the shore–base HMCS Stadacona where she was engaged on research in Degaussing techniques, to protect ships from Magnetic mines.
A state-of-the-art Magnetic Silencing Facility (MSF) provides degaussing services, including ranging and the removal of permanent magnetism for submarines of the U.S. Navy and the British Royal Navy, as well as for steel-hulled surface warships.