Patriot (MCM 7) - Naval Cruise Book

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X P is 4139 gl!! 14 HONG KONG Patriot made a second port call to Hong Kong in the fall. This was the last American visit to Hong Kong before a tensions between the US and China increased and China be- gan turning American ships away from Hong Kong. TOP RIGHT MN2 CSWl McFall watches help- lessly as a liberty boat departs Hong Kong's Fenwick Pier without him. BELOW mooring to a buoy with Hong Kong's Convention Center in the background. ,i 1 ii l f i ...uinnnmiai lx... X A -,

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NORTH! g Sea ' KOREA ofJapan -'wir' -.11 Yellow J 6 Segul U Sea T SOUTH OREA East S 3.5 Q, China AN ' V . Sea jcneiu i. vi i is 'x X .' 4- i . f--in-V--- ,,,.., iw H., ib-- -V -+L , 'Q Ti .,........ . i ,,, , AL X, CHINHAE Patriot visited Chinhae, South Korea, for a Week of minesweeping and mine- hunting with the Republic of Korea Navy for an exercise called CLEAR Ho- RIZON. Working with Guardian, the HM-14 Helicopter Squadron, EOD spe- cial forces, and Korean minesweepers, Patriot was the star of the show, On the second day of exercises, a helicopter conducting aerial minesweeping got its gear entangled in a fishing boat's nets. Despite being in the middle of a mine-hunting evolution that required planting a precision bomb on the ocean floor, Patriot suspended her operations, found the helicopter's gear, recov- ered the cables, floats, and explosive cutters, and was able to return to her own objective and finish her mission before the end of the day. AB ' - . . OVE Just sit there and look. good for the recruitment commercials. A small boat carrying EOD personnel looks on while Patnot's crew recovers entangled gear TOP LEFT MN3 QSWJ Hamilton pulls aboard a MK-17 explosive cutter. BOTTOM LEFT MNC QSWJ Warren disarms a MK 17 The MK 17 is ' ' . ' - - nt one of Patr1ot's t d d s s- YSFTIS, but the 2fm0fY Crew quickly rendered the explosives safe. S an ar y BOTTO H ' - , . . dewna'l1'eSaaVLl?Ti3:lYarSc10veLed the helicopter s missing gear, Patriot returns to it's exercise and V a e explosive used to set off mines from a distance. i 50

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ABOVE EMC QSWIAWQ Eckman talks with a student at a school for the blind. TOP RIGHT ENS Twitchell in a sack race with a student at a school for the deaf. RIGHT The CO speaks to reporters at a press conference on Guardian's mess decks. BO'l'l'OM RIGHT A group of Vietnamese Christians disembark after a tour of the ship. BELOW CS2 CSWJ Oerley and CS1 QAWJ Miyagashima prepare the refreshment table at a reception for Vietnamese VlPs.