USS Tripoli LPH-10

Iwo Jima class - LH - Assault Carrier

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Call Sign:	NWQU
Shipyard:	Ingalls Shipbuilding
See Also:	LH America (2014) class LHA-7

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History of USS Tripoli LPH-10

1962-dec-10	Ordered	Ordered
1964-jun-15	Laid down	Laid down
1965-jul-31	Launched	Launched
1966-aug-06	Commissioned	Commissioned
1969-nov-01	Deployment	Deployment Underway WESTPAC
1970-feb-17	Deployment	Deployment Arrived at North Island, San Diego from Vietnam with 1,250 marines as part of President Nixon s withfrawal of combat troops. Aircraft Group 16, VMA-223 and HMH-361
1971-oct-27	Aircraft	Aircraft UH-1E 151865 accident
1971-dec-14	Deployment	Deployment Arrived in Indian Ocean, part of a 10-ship task force, with 800 marines, to evacuate American civilians from embattled East Pakistan
1971-dec-27	Aircraft	Aircraft Marine helicopter crashed at sea, another crashed a week earlier, in Indian Ocean because of Indo-Pakistan War
1972-may	Aircraft	Aircraft MAU, HMM-165 onboard in support of the Vietnamese Marines
1972-jul-22	Deployment	Deployment Delivered relief supplies with 10 helicopters in the Philippines due to flooding by Tropical Storm Rita
1973	Deployment	Deployment Assigned Amphibious Ready Group Alpha (ARG Alpha)
1973-aug		Operations off Thailand
1973-sep	Deployment	Deployment Operation End Sweep, cleared mines from North Vietnam major harbors and coastal waterways using helicopters
1973-sep-08		Subic Bay Harbour Towed to Subic Bay due to loss of propulsion system. Relieved on station by USS Inchon
1973-sep-19		USMC 1st battalion 4th marines
1991	Aircraft	Aircraft Cross-decked her MH-53E helicopters and equipment to USS New Orleans after hitting mine
1991	Aircraft	Aircraft helo went down in the Indian Ocean during Desert Storm Operation
1991-jan-20	Deployment	Deployment Off coast, Dubai, proceeded to northern Gulf with mine-sweeping helicopters
1991-feb-18	Deployment	Deployment Persian Gulf Operation Desert Shield/Storm Northern Persian Gulf, struck an Iraqi mine during Operation Desert Storm sustaining a 16 by 20 foot hole in her forward starboard side flooding six spaces. Assisted in temporary repairs by a diving team from RFA Diligence.
1992-dec-09	Deployment	Deployment Operation Provide Hope, in Somalia, humanitarian operation
1994-oct-08	Deployment	Deployment Persian Gulf Deployed to Persian Gulf region in response to Iraqi troops massing on border of Kuwait
1995-sep-15	Decommissioned	Decommissioned
2004	Fate: transfered	Fate: transfered loan to US Army
2006		in Hawaii, used as launch platform for missiles trials
2011		Docked at Pearl Harbour, HI

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1966 to 1995

LPH-10 USS Tripoli

US Navy

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History of USS Tripoli LPH-10