1979 to 2011    

LHA-4 USS Nassau

US US Navy





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Flight Deck: 4
Call Sign: NJPX
Shipyard: Ingalls Shipbuilding





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History of US USS Nassau LHA-4

1973-aug-13Laid downLaid down
1978-jan-21LaunchedLaunched
1979-jul-28CommissionedCommissioned
1982-oct-01Port VisitPort Visit UK HMNB Portsmouth visited Portsmouth 1-6 Oct 1982 with Ships Flt UH-1N 160838 embarked.
1992-mar-31Port VisitPort Visit UK HMNB Portsmouth Embarked several Harriers and a UH-1 160448
1997-marDeploymentDeployment AL off Durrës Operation Silver Wake Operation Helvin ordered off Albanian coast (under Operation Silver Wake) to evacuate US personnel and civilians from its embassy in Tirana.
2000-dec-23Port VisitPort Visit IT Brindisi , Italy up to 4jan01
2001-jan-08Port VisitPort Visit MT Grand Harbour / il-Port il-Kbir / Valletta , Malta up to 11jan01
2001-feb-02Port VisitPort Visit FR Toulon Harbour , France up to 5feb01
2001-mar-13Port VisitPort Visit MT Grand Harbour / il-Port il-Kbir / Valletta , Malta up to 16mar01
2010-jan-18DeploymentDeployment HT Port au Prince Operation Panlake Diverted with its embarked V-22 and 24 MEU to Haiti for Earthquake relief effort (arrived 18 Jan) as part of US Operation Unified Response, with USS Bataan.
2011-mar-31DecommissionedDecommissioned to reserve fleet at Beaumont, TX



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  Specifications


Tarawa class
900crew
1900troops
39400full load (tn)
250length (m)
32beam (m)
7.90draught (m)
24max speed (knots)
70000power (shp)

2Naval Engine boilers
2Naval 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-20
1Naval Radar air search radar AN/SPS-52

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US Ingalls Shipbuilding,




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