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USS Tripoli (LPH-10), an Iwo Jima-class amphibious assault ship, was laid down on 15 June 1964 at Pascagoula, Mississippi, by the Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation; launched on 31 July 1965; sponsored by Jane Cates, the wife of General Clifton B. Cates, former Commandant of the Marine Corps; and commissioned on 6 August 1966 at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard.
USS Tripoli may refer to: USS Tripoli (CVE-64) was a Casablanca-class escort carrier in service from 1943 to 1958; USS Tripoli (LPH-10) was an Iwo Jima-class amphibious assault ship in service from 1966 to 1995; USS Tripoli (LHA-7) is an America-class amphibious assault ship commissioned in 2020
USS Boxer (LPH-4), ex-CV-21; USS Princeton (LPH-5), ex-CV-37, Operation Dominic participant [14] USS Valley Forge (LPH-8) ex-CV-45; Casablanca class: MC type S4-S2-BB3 Thetis Bay was a converted Casablanca class escort carrier. Under the hull designation CVHA-1, she was the prototype for the LPH concept. [16] USS Thetis Bay (LPH-6), ex-CVE-90 ...
O'Rourke was commanding officer of USS Rainier (AE-5) from 5 August 1966 to 2 August 1967. [9] O'Rourke was commanding officer of USS Tripoli (LPH-10) from 26 August 1970 to 10 September 1971. [10] [4] O'Rourke retired to Coronado, California, in July 1974 and was a consultant in the US, Europe and Middle East.
English: Aerial view of the U.S. Navy amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli (LPH-10), in 1967. Note the experimental light colour of the flight deck. Note the experimental light colour of the flight deck.
USS Leonard F. Mason (DD-852): The destroyer was dry docked at Japan for two weeks to be repaired before heading to South Korea to participate in the operation. [ 1 ] USS Tripoli (LPH-10): The ship was operating in the Philippines and Hong Kong before arriving at South Korea to contribute to the operation.
USS Tripoli (LHA-7) is the second America-class amphibious assault ship built for the United States Navy. On 7 May 2012, United States Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced the ship's name as Tripoli , in honor of the US Marine Corps victory against Tripoli at the Battle of Derna during the First Barbary War .
On 27 February 1973, the amphibious assault ships USS Tripoli (LPH-10), USS New Orleans (LPH-11), and USS Inchon (LPH-12) and the amphibious transport docks USS Dubuque (LPD-8), USS Vancouver (LPD-2), USS Ogden (LPD-5), and USS Cleveland (LPD-7) joined the task force, carrying the 31 CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopters of HM-12, HMM-165, and HMH-463 ...