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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 (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.
USS Tripoli (CVE-64) was a Casablanca-class escort carrier of the United States Navy. Tripoli is the first US Navy ship named for the Battle of Derne in 1805. It was the decisive victory of a mercenary army led by a detachment of United States Marines and soldiers against the forces of Tripoli during the First Barbary War.
USS Ashland (LSD-1) USS Casa Grande (LSD-13) USS Thomaston (LSD-28) USS Anchorage (LSD-36) USS Whidbey Island (LSD-41) USS Harper's Ferry (LSD-49) Further information: Dock landing ship The LSD came as a result of a British requirement during World War II for a vessel that could carry large landing craft across the seas at speed.
Naval Base San Diego’s Harbor Patrol Unit will also put on a live demonstration of blank round firing and a simulation of critical operations. The demonstrations are scheduled for 9:45 and 11:30 ...
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
The next stop for USS Tripoli was Mogadishu, Somalia, and was part of the original insertion of Marines (primarily those from HMLA-267) and the beginning of Operation Restore Hope. In January 1995 HMLA-267 embarked on LHA-3 as the Aviation Combat Element of SPMAGTF 1-95 to provide air support for Operation United Shield in Somalia.
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 ...