Uss tripoli lha 7 is the second americaclass amphibious assault ship built for the united states navy. Back to last page back to cruise book page back to uss tripoli page. The uss tripoli lph 10 keel was laid on 15 jun 1964 at the ingalls shipbuilding corporation, in pascagoula, mississippi. Uss tripoli lph10 landing platform helicopter sent crew members ashore for beach party at da nang on july 29, 1967 uss carter hall lsd3 landing ship dock served fourmonth duty as boat repair ship in da nang harbor during 1965, with evidence of crew members going ashore. Many of our customers refer to our stickers as high quality transfers, we think of them as the best stickers available. Navy amphibious assault ship patches lha, lhd, lph navy ship patches flying tigers surplus page 4 0. Lph10 uss tripoli, iwo jima class assault carrier, us navy history and characteristics. While on a vacation to san diego with my parents and sisters family we stayed in a motel across the channel from north island naval air station. Upon reassignment to the 1st marine aircraft wing, vma5 departed the u. June 1972, near hue, rvn marine helicopters of hmm165 from the uss tripoli, lph 10, arrive at a landing zone near hue to embark vietnamese marines during the joint united states and south vietnamese operation lom son 72.
In 1803, after years of having our merchant vessels taken by the barbary pirates, the united states dispatched a squadron to tripoli in present day libya. Tripoli lph 10 vessel class previous vessel designation if any iwo jima lph 2 class amphibious assault ship helicopter. Three ships of the us navy have borne the name tripoli uss tripoli cvu64, uss tripoli lph10 and uss tripoli lha7. Uss tripoli lph 10 1992 while on a vacation to san diego with my parents and sisters family we stayed in a motel across the channel from north island naval air station. The tripoli, now in dry dock for repairs, hit the mine on february 18 while serving as a mineclearing platform in the northern persian gulf during operation desert storm. Mar 07, 2015 while on a vacation to san diego with my parents and sisters family we stayed in a motel across the channel from north island naval air station. Iwo jima class uss tripoli lph10 go navy, navy mom. It was the decisive victory of a mercenary army led by a. Hmm164 boarded the uss princeton in march, transferred to the uss tripoli lph10 in subic bay, and returned to rvn with blt 23 from okinawa as slf b in time for the hill fights at khe sanh.
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