Tarawa class - LH - Assault Carrier IMO: MMSI: Flight Deck: 5 Call Sign: NPEL Shipyard: Ingalls Shipbuilding Events ---Filter---OrderedLaid downLaunchedCommissionedPort VisitDeploymentAircraft History of USS Peleliu LHA-5 1970-nov-06OrderedOrdered 1976-nov-12Laid downLaid down 1978-nov-25LaunchedLaunched 1980-may-03CommissionedCommissioned 1989-sep-10AircraftAircraft UH-1N 160828 accident 2001-nov-25DeploymentDeployment Arabian Sea Enduring Freedom Launched CH-63Es from HMM-163 carrying US Marines from Task Force 58 in their assault on Rhino. 2008-jun-02Port VisitPort Visit Port of Singapore visit Singapore 2012-julDeploymentDeployment assigned to Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 361 operating with CH-53E of HMH-361 aboard. 2014-jul-25NEWS AH-64E perform first deck landing qualifications Add new event for this unitYear:Month: <- (1/12) Optional Day: <- (1/31) Optional Text: Add Event Specifications Tarawa class 900crew 1900troops 39400full load (tn) 250length (m) 32beam (m) 7.90draught (m) 24max speed (knots) 70000power (shp) 2Naval Engine boilers2Naval Engine steam turbines 2Missile Launcher Mk 49 21-cell RAM 4Naval Gun Mark 38 25 mm 2Close-In Weapon System CIWS Phalanx 20 mm 1Chaff and decoys Mark 36 SRBOC 1Aids TACAN URN-201Naval Radar air search radar AN/SPS-52 Aircraft Typical Max USMC B-V 107M H-46 Sea Knight 1242 USMC Sikorsky S-80 H-53E 60 USMC Bell 209 AH-1 Cobra 40 USMC Bell UH-1N 20 Builder Ingalls Shipbuilding,
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