USS Patriot (MCM-7)
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| Name: | USS Patriot |
| Builder: | Marinette Marine, Marinette, Wisconsin, |
| Laid down: | 31 March 1987 |
| Launched: | 15 May 1990 |
| Commissioned: | 13 December 1991 |
| Homeport: | Sasebo, Japan |
| Identification: | MCM-7 |
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| Status: | in active service |
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| Class and type: | Avenger-class mine countermeasures ship |
| Displacement: | 1,367 long tons (1,389 t) |
| Length: | 224 ft (68 m) o/a |
| Beam: | 39 ft (12 m) |
| Draft: | 13 ft (4.0 m) |
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| Speed: | 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
| Complement: | 6 officers and 75 enlisted |
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USS Patriot (MCM-7), an Avenger-class mine countermeasures ship of the United States Navy, and is the third Navy ship of that name.
Patriot was launched 15 May 1990 by Marinette Marine in Marinette, Wisconsin, and commissioned 13 December 1991 in Charleston, South Carolina. Commander Michael J. O'Moore, a native of Brooklyn, New York, was the commissioning Commanding Officer. Patriot was originally homeported at NS Charleston until 1993, when, she transferred to NS Ingleside, Texas.
In 1994 Patriot was called to serve in the Pacific, and since then has served as one of four forward-deployed MCMs in 7th Fleet's Amphibious Ready Group. Patriot is operationally assigned to MCMDiv 11, CTF 76, ComSeventhFlt, CinCPacFlt, and USCinCPac. Her administrative chain of command is CoMCMDiv 11, CoMCMRon 1, CoMineWarCom (NAS Corpus Christi, TX) recently merged with Naval Anti-Submarine Warfare Command into NMAWC (Naval Mine and Anti-Submarine Warfare Command), and ComNavSurfLant. Although Patriot was permanently assigned to Sasebo, Japan, her crew served on a rotational basis from Ingleside, Texas. Each rotation lasted approximately 6 months. In 1996 the crew assignments were changed to permanent overseas assignments.
In March 2003 the major event was TSTA3/FEP. This Tailored Ship's Training Availability (TSTA3)/ Final Exercise Problem (FEP) initially designed to be a training assist visit to assess readiness, was turned into a graded scenario to prove her battle readiness. This advanced stage of training is designed to improve ships operations and give Patriot an opportunity to prove she is ready to perform her primary and secondary missions with utmost efficiency and skill.
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