USS Patriot (MCM-7)

	USS Patriot (MCM-7)
History
United States
Name	USS Patriot
Builder	Marinette Marine, Marinette, Wisconsin,
Laid down	31 March 1987
Launched	15 May 1990
Commissioned	13 December 1991
Home port	Sasebo, Japan
Identification	MCM-7
Motto	Latin: Audentes fortuna juvat; ("Fortune Favors the Brave");
Status	in active service
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General characteristics
Class & 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)
Propulsion	4 × Isotta-Fraschini diesel engines; 2 × controllable/reversible pitch propellers; 2 × rudders; 2 × light-load electric motors;
Speed	14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Complement	6 officers and 75 enlisted
Sensors &; processing systems	AN/SLQ-48 (V) Mine Neutralization System; AN/SQL-37 (V) 3 Magnetic/Acoustic Influence Minesweeping Gear; Oropesa type 0 size 1 Mechanical Sweep Equipment; MDG 1701 Marconi Magnetometer Degaussing System;
Electronic warfare; & decoys	AN/SSN-2 Precise Integrated Navigation System (PINS); AN/SQQ-32 Mine-hunting sonar; AN/SPS-55 Surface Radar; AN/WSN-2 Gyro Compass;
Armament	2 × M2 Browning .50-cal machine guns; 2 × M60 7.62 mm machine guns; 2 × Mk 19 grenade launchers;

USS Patriot (MCM-7) is an Avenger-class mine countermeasures ship 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.