USS Patriot (MCM-7)
} USS ''Patriot'' (MCM-7), is an of the United States Navy, and is the third Navy ship of that name. The hulls of the ''Avenger''-class ships are constructed of wood with an external coat of fiberglass. ''Patriot'' was laid down on 31 March 1987 by Marinette Marine in Marinette, Wisconsin; launched on 15 May 1990; and commissioned on 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. History 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 merge ...
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