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MCM-7 Patriot

Courtesy of Mike Smolinski

Avenger Class Mine Countermeasures Ship: Laid down, 31 March 1987 at Marinette Marine, Marinette, Wisc; Launched, 13 May 1990; Commissioned as USS Patriot (MCM-7), 18 October 1991; Present Disposition, Active, Mine Countermeasures Squadron One, Sasebo, Japan.

Specifications: Displacement 1,253 t.(lt) , 1,367 t(fl); Length 224'; Beam 39'; Draft 15'; Speed 13.5k; Complement; seven officers, 75 enlisted, Armament, two M2HB .50 cal. machine guns, two M60 7.62 mm machine guns, two MK19 grenade Launchers; Propulsion four Isotta Fraschini diesel engines (600 BHP each), two controllable reversible pitch propellers, two rudders, two electric light load propulsion motors; Auxiliary Systems, three Isotta Fraschini 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.
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MCM-5/7 37k MCM-7 steaming to port of USS Guardian (MCM 5).
US Navy Photo by Charles Whorton
Naval Proceedings
October 2001

There is no DANFS history available for Patriot (MCM-7) at the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site, the main archive for the DANFS Online Project.

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
Official Navy Web Site for USS Patriot (MCM-7)
Naval Minewarfare Association
Association of Minemen
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