The frigate USS Vandegrift (FFG 48) and the mine countermeasures ship USS Patriot (MCM 7) arrived in Vladivostok July 23, to participate in celebrating Russian Navy day.
The four-day port visit will bring Sailors from Patriot and Vandegrift together with members of the Japanese and Russian navies to celebrate the 71st anniversary of the Russian navy Day. Navy Day is an annual holiday in Russia that celebrates the accomplishments and contributions of the Russian Navy to the country's peace and security.
"We are honored to be invited here for Navy Day," said Lt. Cmdr. Walter Mainor, Patriot's commanding officer. "The United States and Russia share a common interest in promoting peace and stability in the Asia-Pacific region, and we look forward to fostering a growing relationship with our Russian counterparts."
Военные моряки посетили детский реабилитационный центр "Парус Надежды", где были тепло встречены детьми.
Patriot, led by Lt. Cmdr. Walter Mainor, is currently fulfilling Amphibious Force Seventh Fleet and Mine Countermeasure Squadron 7 tasking and is forward deployed to Sasebo, Japan.
Минный тральщик «Patriot» — самый большой американский корабль с деревянным корпусом.
USS Patriot (MCM-7) был введён в боевой состав флота в 1991 году.
USS Patriot (MCM-7), an Avenger-class mine countermeasures ship, is the third U.S. 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. Although Patriot was permanently assigned to Sasebo, Japan, her crew served on a rotational basis from Ingleside, Texas.
Тральщик USS Patriot (MCM-7) ранее посещал с визитами Владивосток летом 2005 и осенью 2007 года.
Cmdr. Marshall B. Brown, commanding officer of Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Lassen (DDG 82), salutes as the national anthem is played during a wreath laying ceremony. Sailors assigned to Lassen, mine warfare ship USS Patriot (MCM 7) and the Russian Federated Navy participated in the ceremony to commemorate those who gave their lives during World War II. Lassen and Patriot are in Vladivostok to participate in exercise Pacific Eagle, a bilateral exercise with the Russian Federated Navy.
U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Chantel M. Clayton
Command Senior Chief aboard the mine warfare ship USS Patriot (MCM 7), Senior Chief Kurt Stauff speaks with local citizens as the three U.S. Navy ships arrive in Vladivostok, Russia. Patriot, along USS Guardian (MCM 5), and the guided missile destroyer USS Curtis Wilber (DDG 54), visited Vladivostok to celebrate the 145th anniversary celebration of the city, U.S. Independence Day on the Fourth of July, and to participate in a wreath-laying ceremony for Russian Sailors who scarified their lives during World War II. Curtis Wilber is currently on a routine scheduled underway period.
U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class John L. Beeman
Морская одиссея команды минного тральщика USS Patriot (MCM-7) в фотографиях.
Electronics Technician 1st Class David Kelley, assigned to the mine countermeasures ship USS Patriot (MCM 7), hugs his wife and child after Patriot arrived in Sasebo, Japan at the end of its spring patrol. Patriot was underway for nearly four-months, visiting 10 ports in eight countries, and traveling 10,360 nautical miles.
U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Richard Doolin
Mineman 2nd Class Zachary Sund shows a mine-neutralization vehicle to sailors from the Bangladesh navy during a tour of the mine countermeasures ship USS Patriot (MCM 7). Patriot is visiting Chittagong to train with the Bangladesh navy.
U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Richard Doolin
Lt. Cmdr. Patrick German, right, executive officer of the mine countermeasures ship USS Patriot (MCM 7), and Quartermaster 2nd Class David Mora plot the ship's position on a chart as Patriot arrives in Chittagong, Bangladesh for a port visit.
U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Richard Doolin
Mineman 2nd Class Zachary Sund gives a tour of the bridge of the mine counter-measures ship USS Patriot (MCM 7) to children from an orphanage in Batam, Indonesia. Patriot is on spring patrol.
U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Richard Doolin
Chief Mineman William Brown shows Royal Cambodian Navy officers a Klein side-scan sonar aboard the mine counter-measures ship USS Patriot (MCM 7). Patriot is visiting Sihanoukville, Cambodia to conduct training with the Royal Cambodian Navy and participate in community service projects.
U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Richard Doolin
Ensign Kevin Lewman gives Royal Thai Navy officers a tour of the mine counter-measures ship USS Patriot (MCM 7) during exercise Cobra Gold 2010. Cobra Gold is a joint and coalition multinational exercise hosted annually by the Kingdom of Thailand.
U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Richard Doolin
Sailors aboard the mine warfare ship USS Patriot (MCM 7) lower a float in the water as part of a mechanical sweep during 1JA, a bilateral mine countermeasures exercise between the U.S. Navy and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force.
U.S. Navy photo by Mineman Seaman J'myle Koretz
Sailors assigned to mine countermeasures ship USS Patriot (MCM 7) tour mine disposal vehicles aboard Republic of Singapore mine countermeasures vessel RSS Bedok (M105). Patriot is in Singapore to participate in MERCURYEX 2008, the Navy's 10th annual bilateral mine countermeasures exercise with the Republic of Singapore Navy.
U.S. Navy photo by Mineman Seaman J'myle Koretz
Rear Adm. Carol Pottenger, commander of Expeditionary Strike Group 7/Task Force 76, and Sailors aboard USS Patriot (MCM 7) watch as an AN/SLQ-48 mine neutralization system is lowered into the waters near Chinhae during a bilateral mine warfare exercise. The exercise is intended to foster diplomatic relations between allies and marked the first time that an entire mine warfare triad was brought to Korea.
U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Pam Bou
Chief Mineman Maurice Perine, assigned to the mine countermeasures ship USS Patriot (MCM 7) lets a young Vietnamese child sit in the captain's chair during a ship tour. Sailors from Patriot and the rescue and salvage ship USS Salvor (ARS 52) will have an opportunity to interact with the Vietnamese people through a variety of events, including a community service project at a local orphanage and a volleyball game with the Navy division of the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN).
U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Adam R. Cole
Commanding Officer USS Patriot (MCM 7), Lt. Cmdr. Richard D. Brawley discusses elements of the ship's command console to U.S. ambassador to Brunei, the Honorable Emil Skodon, and senior officers of the Royal Brunei Armed forces Army and Navy during a reception held aboard the ship. Patriot, with embarked Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit Five (EODMU-5), Detachment 51, is making a scheduled port visit to Brunei to enhance U.S. - Brunei relations. Patriot is currently deployed to Southeast Asia to increase interoperability in mine neutralization warfare and maritime operations in the region.
U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Adam R. Cole
Mineman 3rd Class Dustin Moore, assigned to the mine warfare ship USS Patriot (MCM 7), retrieves a mine neutralization vehicle (MNV) after the device conducted an underwater water mine survey as part of Western Pacific Mine Countermeasures Exercise (WP-MCMEX) in Malaysia. The 3rd annual WP-MCMEX focuses on enhancing cooperation among Western Pacific Naval Symposium (WPNS) navies and maritime safety by conduction detection, identification procedures that may be used in the future to keep important international waterways open.
U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Adam R. Cole
The crew of mine countermeasures ship USS Patriot (MCM 7) poses for a command photo during a dry dock maintenance period in Sasebo, Japan. Patriot is complemented with a crew of 84 sailors and is one of two mine countermeasure ships operating with U.S. Fleet Activities Sasebo, Japan. These ships use sonar and video systems, cable cutters and a mine-detonating device that can be released and detonated by remote control. They are also capable of conventional sweeping measures. The ships are of fiberglass sheathed, wooden hull construction, to protect the ship from magnetic contact mines.
U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Jonathan R. Kulp
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