USS Tripoli (LPH-10)
USS Tripoli (LPH-10)
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| Namesake: | Battle of Derne |
| Ordered: | 10 December 1962 |
| Builder: | Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi |
| Yard number: | 1105 |
| Laid down: | 15 June 1964 |
| Launched: | 31 July 1965 |
| Completed: | 20 July 1966 |
| Commissioned: | 6 August 1966 |
| Decommissioned: | 15 September 1995 |
| Struck: | 15 September 1995 |
| Motto: | Semper Princeps - Always First |
| Status: | Designated for disposal |
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| Class and type: | Iwo Jima-class amphibious assault ship |
| Displacement: | 19,302 tons |
| Length: | 598 ft |
| Beam: | 84 ft |
| Draught: | 30 ft |
| Propulsion: | 2 × 600 psi (4.1 MPa) boilers, one geared steam turbines, one shaft, 22,000 shaft horse power |
| Speed: | 23 knots (26 mph; 43 km/h) |
| Complement: | 718 (80 officer, 638 enlisted) |
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| Aircraft carried: | 20 × CH-46 Sea Knight, 10 × MH-53E Sea Dragon, 3 × AH-1 Cobra |
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 Mrs. 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, Capt. Henry Suerstedt, Jr., in command. Tripoli is the second U.S. 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. It was the first recorded land battle of the United States fought overseas.
Following three months fitting out at Philadelphia, the amphibious assault ship put to sea on 6 November 1966, bound for the west coast. She transited the Panama Canal at mid-month and arrived at her home port, San Diego, on 22 November 1966. Final acceptance trials, shakedown training, and post-shakedown availability at Long Beach occupied the warship until she embarked Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (HMH) 463, elements of Marine Observation Squadron (VMO) 6, and some members of the staff of the Commander, Amphibious Squadron (ComPhibRon) B on 1 May 1967 and departed San Diego, bound for the western Pacific.
She served on three deployments to Vietnamese waters during the Vietnam War, participating in numerous operations.
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