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NavSource Online: Mine Warfare Ship Photo Archive

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Patriot (MCM 7)

Call sign:
November - Papa - Alpha - Tango

Avenger Class Mine Countermeasures Ship:

Built by Marinette Marine, Marinette, WI

Ordered, 20 August 1986

Laid down, 31 March 1987

Launched, 15 May 1990

Commissioned, 18 October 1991

Currently active, attached to Pacific Fleet, homeported at Sasebo, Japan

Specifications:

Displacement 1,040 tons

Length 210'

Beam 38'

Draft 10' 6"

Speed 14 knots

Complement 81

Armament: Two M2HB .50 cal. machine guns, two M60 7.62 mm machine guns, two Mk19 grenade launchers

Propulsion: Four Waukesha Motors Co. diesel engines, two controllable reversible pitch propellers, two shafts, two electric light load propulsion motors

Auxiliary Systems: Three Waukesha ship service diesel generator sets, one solar gas turbine generator, one omnithruster bow thruster system

Electronic systems: One AN/SSN-2 Precise Integrated Navigation System (PINS), one AN/SQQ-32 Mine Hunting Sonar, one AN/SPS-55 Surface Radar. one AN/WSN-2 Gyro Compass

Mine Countermeasure Equipment Suite: One AN/SLQ-48 (V) Mine Neutralization System, one AN/SQL-37 (V) 3 Magnetic/Acoustic Influence Minesweeping Gear, Oropesa type 0 size 1 Mechanical

Sweep Equipment, MDG 1701 Marconi Magnetometer Degaussing System.

Size	Image Description	Source
117k	.	Historical Collections of the Great Lakes
117k	Photo from http://www.patriot.navy.mil/	Robert Hurst
93k	.	Richard Miller, BMCS, USNR, Ret.
108k	.	Richard Miller, BMCS, USNR, Ret.
183k	c. late April 1994. Approaching Juneau (LPD 10) for fuel	RM1 Lacy Lee, USN, Ret.
37k	Patriot steaming to port of USS Guardian (MCM 5) U.S. Navy photo by Charles Whorton from the October 2001 edition of Naval Institute Proceedings	Joe Radigan
204k	20 February 2004 Inland Sea, Japan Patriot completes fuel connections while preparing to take on fuel from the Japanese minesweeper tender JDS Bungo (MST 464) during an underway replenishment (UNREP) operation. The UNREP was part of the Mine Countermeasures Exercise/Explosive Ordnance Demolition Exercise 2004 off the coast of Shimonoseki, Japan U.S. Navy photo 040220-N-0000W-001	Robert M. Cieri
341k	10 March 2004 Sasebo, Japan Patriot and USS Guardian (MCM 5) sit moored in a shipbuilding dry dock for a one-month maintenance and repair schedule in Sasebo U.S. Navy photo 040310-N-7217H-002 by Photographer's Mate 1st Class Marvin Harris
271k	20 May 2004 Sasebo, Japan The crew of Patriot poses for a command photo during a dry dock maintenance period in Sasebo. U.S. Navy photo 040520-N-2420K-001 by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Jonathan R. Kulp
232k	27 May 2006 Gulf of Thailand Quartermaster 2nd Class Maynard Sagaya takes bearings reading aboard Patriot as the ship departs the Kingdom of Thailand after participating in Cobra Gold 2006. U.S. Navy photo 060527-N-4124C-018 by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Adam R. Cole
118k	3 June 2006 South China Sea Sailors assigned to Patriot, signal a good will message to a fellow mine countermeasures ship of the Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSSF) as she enters port in Malaysia. Patriot was preparing to participate in the multi-national exercise Western Pacific Mine Countermeasures Exercise. U.S. Navy photo 060603-N-4124C-004 by Mass Communication Specialist Second Class Adam R. Cole	Bill Gonyo
190k	14 June 2006 South China Sea Mineman 2nd Class Simon S. Walters, assigned to Patriot, prepares to throw a line to his ship during mine-recovery operations as part of Western Pacific Mine Countermeasures Exercise in Malaysia. U.S. Navy photo 060614-N-4124C-020 by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Adam R. Cole	Robert M. Cieri
207k	15 June 2006 South China Sea Sailors assigned to the Patriot, hoist in a mine shape during mine-shape recovery operations as part of Western Pacific Mine Countermeasures Exercise in Malaysia. U.S. Navy photo 060615-N-4124C-036 by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Adam R. Cole
171k	1 July 2006 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Patriot pulls into Ho Chi Minh City. U.S. Navy photo 060701-N-9851B-007 by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class John L. Beeman
210k	4 July 2006 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Patriot is in holiday dress for a 4th of July celebration, while in port at Ho Chi Minh City. U.S. Navy photo 060704-N-9851B-010 by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class John L. Beeman
253k	13 July 2006 South China Sea Patriot anchored in the waters just off of Hong Kong island as the crew makes a scheduled port visit. U.S. Navy photo 060712-N-4124C-010 by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Adam R. Cole
274k	23 July 2006 Sasebo, Japan Two dependents await the arrival of their fathers on Patriot with embarked Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 5, Detachment 5. U.S. Navy photo 060723-N-6235S-008 by Lt. Ken Shade
144k	9 February 2007 Patriot pulls into port at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan becoming the first U.S. Navy ship to utilize the air base’s recently built port and harbor facility. U.S. Navy photo 070209-N-4124C-008 by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Adam R. Cole	Lee Wahler
220k	9 February 2007 Iwakuni, Japan Seaman Alyson Mahler and Seaman Somatie S. Jagdharry, both assigned to Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni port operations, work to moor the Patriot. U.S. Navy photo 070209-N-4124C-029 by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Adam R. Cole	Robert M. Cieri
498k	16 February 2007 Sea of Japan USS Guardian (MCM 5) and Patriot split two Japan Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) ships, JDS Tsushima (MSO 302) and JDS Hachijo (MSO 303), during a photo exercise at the conclusion of a passing exercise between the two navies. Guardian and Patriot met with the JMSDF ships for bi-lateral training as they headed back to their forward-deployed home of Sasebo. U.S. Navy photo 020716-N-0000X-001 courtesy of Japan Maritime Self Defense Force Public Affairs.
288k	16 February 2007 Kure, Japan Patriot follows JDS Hachijo (MSO 303) during a mine-countermeasures passing exercise conducted during the ship’s transit to her forward-deployed home of Sasebo, Japan. The exercise brought together Navy mine warfare ships with Japan Maritime Self Defense Force ships JDS Tsushima (MSO 302) and Hachijo, which are homeported at Yokosuka, Japan. U.S. Navy photo 020716-N-0394C-047 by Chief Electrician’s Mate Noel B. Corneja
261k	24 June 2007 Yonaguni, Japan USS Guardian (MCM 5) and Patriot are moored abreast at Port Sonai for a two-day port visit. Yonaguni, part of Okinawa Prefecture, is a small island located at the end of the Ryukyu Islands chain. The port call marked the first time a Navy vessel visited the island since the United States returned Okinawa to Japan in 1972. U.S. Navy photo 070624-N-3019M-006 by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Ryan C. McGinley
150k	20 September 2007 Patriot prepares to leave the Sasebo harbor as she embarks on a fall patrol U.S. Navy photo 070920-N-4124C-011 by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Adam R. Cole	Lee Wahler
86k	Lieutenant Commander Steve DeMoss (L), commanding officer of Guardian, and Lieutenant Commander Thomas Shultz, commanding officer of USS Patriot (MCM 7), walk in the northeastern Vietnam port of Haiphong, about 100 km (62 miles) east of Hanoi November 14, 2007. The two vessels are the first U.S. Navy ships to visit northern Vietnam since the former foes ended the war in 1975 and established diplomatic relations in 1995 Reuters News service photo	Bill Gonyo
223k	7 August 2008 Sasebo, Japan Patriot held a change of command ceremony pier-side onboard Fleet Activities Sasebo. Rear Adm. Richard D. Landolt, Commander, Amphibious Force, 7th Fleet/Expeditionary Strike Group 7, awards the Meritorious Service Medal to Lt. Cmdr. Thomas E. Shultz. Shultz relinquished command to Lt. Cmdr. Robert E. Shu, marking the end of a successful 20-month tour in the 7th Fleet area of responsibility U.S. Navy photo 080807-N-0807W-215 by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Joshua J. Wahl	Bill Gonyo
291k	25 September 2009 Sasebo, Japan Moored pier side during a Board of Inspection and Survey inspection U.S. Navy photo 090925-N-8335D-003 by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Richard Doolin	Lee Wahler
305k	21 November 2009 Chinhae, South Korea USS Guardian (MCM 5) and Patriot are moored at Chinhae for Exercise Clear Horizon. Clear Horizon, an annual exercise conducted with the Republic of Korea Navy, is one of the largest, international, mine counter-measures exercises in the world U.S. Navy photo 091121-N-8335D-035 by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Richard Doolin	Lee Wahler
232k	13 March 2010 Chittagong, Bangladesh Lt Cmdr. Walter Mainor, seated, commanding officer of Patriot, talks with the officer of the deck, Lt. Gorden Wells, as Patriot enters the port of Chittagong, for a port visit U.S. Navy photo 100313-N-8335D-059 by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Richard Doolin	Bill Gonyo
189k	5 March 2015 Okinawa, Japan The amphibious dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD 48) and the mine countermeasures ship Patriot are docked at White Beach Naval Facility. Ashland arrived in White Beach along with USS Green Bay (LPD 20) and are part of the Bonhomme Richard Amphibious Ready Group on deployment to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility supporting security and stability in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region U.S. Navy photo 150305-N-MP556-060 by Lt. David Levy	Lee Wahler
372k	4 February 2016 Otaru, Japan Snow falls as the minesweeper Patriot pulls in for a port visit. Patriot is forward deployed to Sasebo, Japan, supporting security and stability in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region as part of U.S. 7th Fleet's Amphibious Ready Group U.S. Navy photo 160204-N-EC644-002 by Senior Chief Mass Communication Specialist Ryan Delcore	Lee Wahler
192k	11 March 2016 Okinawa, Japan Mine countermeasure ship USS Patriot (MCM 7) departs White Beach Naval Facility to join up with USS Chief (MCM 14) as they prepare to conduct squadron level mine countermeasure training which includes mine hunting and mine sweeping. Patriot and Chief are assigned to Mine Countermeasures Squadron (MCMRON) 7 forward deployed to Sasebo, Japan in U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations supporting security and stability in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. The Japanese destroyers JDS Akebono (DD 108 and JDS Yamayuki (DD 129) are in the background U.S. Navy photo 160311-N-MP556-047 by Lt. David Levy	Ron Reeves
240k	1 August 2016 Sasebo, Japan Patriot returns to Sasebo after a month-long underway. Avenger-class ships are designed as mine sweepers/hunter-killers capable of finding, classifying and destroying moored and bottom mines U.S. Navy photo 160801-N-NY430-023 by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Kristopher S. Haley	Ron Reeves
234k	8 May 2019 South China Sea Sailors pose on the weather decks of the Avenger-class mine counter measure ship USS Patriot (MCM 7) while underway. Patriot, part of Mine Countermeasures Squadron 7, is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with partners and serve as a ready-response platform for contingency operations U.S. Navy photo 190508-N-SB587-1158 by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Corbin J. Shea	Lee Wahler
226k	The Avenger-class mine countermeasure ship Patriot, left, approaches the fleet replenishment oiler *USNS Guadalupe* (T-AO-200)** during a replenishment-at-sea. Patriot, part of Mine Countermeasures Squadron 7 is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with partners and serve as a ready-response platform for contingency operations U.S. Navy photo 190515-N-SB587-1010 SOUTH CHINA SEA (May 15, 2019 by MC2 Corbin J. Shea	Lee Wahler

Commanding Officers
01	CDR Michael John O'Moore, USN	13 December 1991 - 22 January 1993
02	LCDR Mark David Kavanaugh, USN	22 January 1993 - 1993
03	LCDR Steven Richard Strausser, USN	1993 - June 1994
04	LCDR John Monroe (Jay) Burdon, USN	June 1994 - 18 September 1994
05	LCDR Mark Raymond Rios, USN - USNA Class of 1982	18 September 1994 - 03 January 1995
06	LCDR Glenn Michael Irvine, USN	03 January 1995 - 19 January 1996
07	LCDR Jonathan David Kurtz, USN - USNA Class of 1982	19 January 1996 - March 1997
08	LCDR Timothy Martin Waterfield, USN	March 1997 - March 1998
09	LCDR Kevin John Tokarick, USN	March 1998 - November 1999
10	LCDR Michael Jay Slotsky, USN	November 1999 - May 2001
11	LCDR Edmund Burguillos Hernandez, USN	May 2001 - 31 January 2003
12	LCDR Curt Anthony Renshaw, USN - USNA Class of 1990 Awarded the Defense Superior Service Medal, four Navy Meritorious Service Medals, three Navy/Marine Corps Commendation Medals and two Navy/Marine Corps Achievement Medals Retired as Rear Admiral	31 January 2003 - 17 December 2004
13	LCDR Michael William Little, USN	17 December 2004 - 07 May 2005
14	CDR Kurt Ernest Hedberg, USN	07 May 2005 - 18 May 2005
15	LCDR Richard Douglas Brawley, USN	18 May 2005 - 13 January 2007
16	LCDR Thomas E. Schultz, USN	13 January 2007 - 07 August 2008
17	LCDR Robert Ying Shu, USN - Awarded the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, two Meritorious Service Medals, two Navy/Marine Corps Commendation Medals, and the Navy/Marine Corps Achievement Medal	07 August 2008 - 30 October 2009
18	LCDR Walter Clyde Mainor, USN - Awarded two Meritorious Service Medals, five Navy/Marine Corps Commendation Medals, and the Navy/Marine Corps Achievement Medal	30 October 2009
19	LCDR James Thomas Erickson, USN	November 2009 - 01 April 2011
20	LCDR Suzanne Lucille Schang, USN	01 April 2011 - 06 July 2012
21	LCDR Jonathan A. "Jon" Hopkins, USN - Awarded the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, three Navy/Marine Corps Commendation Medals and two Navy/Marine Corps Achievement Medals	06 July 2012 - 07 March 2014
22	LCDR Matthew E. Hollinger, USN	07 March 2014 - 29 May 2015
23	LCDR Emily Y. Royse, USN	29 May 2015 - 5 August 2016
24	LCDR Joseph S. Hamilton, USN - The Citadel Class of 2005 Awarded two Navy/Marine Corps Commendation Medals and two Navy/Marine Corps Achievement Medals	5 August 2016 - 2018
25	LCDR Bryan M. Gallant, USN - Awarded two Navy/Marine Corps Commendation Medals and two Navy/Marine Corps Achievement Medals	2018 - 15 June 2019
26	LCDR Jonathan Michael Volkle, USN - Awarded two Navy/Marine Corps Commendation Medals and two Navy/Marine Corps Achievement Medals	15 June 2019 - October 2020
27	LCDR Earvin Manyall Taylor, USN	October 2020 - 02 November 2021
28	LCDR Lawrence Ryland Hanks, USN	02 November 2021 - 10 February 2023
29	LCDR Peter J. Bue, USN	10 February 2023 - present

Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler, Ron Reeves, Bill Gonyo and Joe Radigan

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