USS Peleliu
Amphibious assault ship of the U.S. Navy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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21.3732154°N 157.9809546°W / 21.3732154; -157.9809546
USS Peleliu on 16 August 2006 | |
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United States | |
Name | Peleliu |
Namesake | Battle of Peleliu |
Ordered | 6 November 1970 |
Builder | Ingalls Shipbuilding |
Laid down | 12 November 1976 |
Launched | 25 November 1978 |
Commissioned | 3 May 1980 |
Decommissioned | 31 March 2015 |
Renamed | from Da Nang |
Homeport | San Diego |
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Status | Reserve |
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General characteristics | |
Class and type | Tarawa-class amphibious assault ship |
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Length | 820 ft (250 m) |
Beam | 106.6 ft (32.5 m) |
Draft | 27 ft (8.2 m) |
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Speed | 24 knots (44 km/h; 28 mph) |
Complement | 262 officers and about 2,543 enlisted men |
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Aircraft carried | (typical) Six AV-8B Harrier attack planes; four AH-1Z Viper attack helicopters; 12 CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters; nine CH-53 Sea Stallion heavy helicopters; four UH-1Y Venom utility helicopters, and two V-22 Ospreys. |
Aviation facilities | hangar deck |
USS Peleliu (LHA-5) is a Tarawa-class amphibious assault ship of the United States Navy, named for the Battle of Peleliu of World War II. Entering service in 1980, she has been deployed to the Persian Gulf on several occasions, performed an evacuation of U.S. Naval Base Subic Bay following the eruption of Mount Pinatubo, operated with the INTERFET peacekeeping taskforce, participated in Pacific Partnership deployments, and provided assistance following the massive floods in Pakistan in 2010. She was decommissioned in San Diego, California on 31 March 2015. She currently rests, out of commission and in reserve, at NAVSEA Inactive Ships On-site Maintenance Office, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii[1] alongside USS Tarawa in the inactive reserve in case of further need.[2]