USS Peleliu

USS *Peleliu*
	USS Peleliu on 16 August 2006
History
United States
Name	Peleliu
Namesake	Battle of Peleliu
Ordered	6 November 1970
Builder	Ingalls Shipbuilding
Laid down	12 November 1976
Launched	25 November 1978
Commissioned	3 May 1980
Decommissioned	31 March 2015
Renamed	from Da Nang
Stricken	30 April 2024
Homeport	San Diego
Identification	Callsign: NPEL; ; Hull number: LHA-5;
Motto	Pax per Potens; (Peace through power);
Nickname(s)	The Fighting Five; Iron Nickel;
Status	Stricken
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General characteristics
Class and type	Tarawa-class amphibious assault ship
Displacement	39,438 long tons full and; 25,982 tons light;
Length	820 ft (250 m)
Beam	106.6 ft (32.5 m)
Draft	27 ft (8.2 m)
Propulsion	2 steam combustion engineering modified super 6 boilers ; 2 Westinghouse steam turbines;
Speed	24 knots (44 km/h; 28 mph)
Complement	262 officers and about 2,543 enlisted men
Armament	Two rolling airframe missile launchers,; four 25 mm Mk 38 Bushmaster gun mounts,; two Phalanx CIWS for self-defense,; five 0.5 in (12.7 mm) machine guns.; These ships were built with an offensive armament with three 5-inch rapid-fire naval guns and a defense of two Mk 115 Basic Point Defense Missile guided missile units.;
Aircraft carried	(typical) Six AV-8B Harrier attack planes; four AH-1Z Viper attack helicopters; 12 CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters; nine CH-53 Sea Stallion heavy helicopters; four UH-1Y Venom utility helicopters, and two V-22 Ospreys.
Aviation facilities	hangar deck

USS Peleliu (LHA-5) is a Tarawa-class amphibious assault ship of the United States Navy, named for the Battle of Peleliu of World War II. Entering service in 1980, she has been deployed to the Persian Gulf on several occasions, performed an evacuation of U.S. Naval Base Subic Bay following the eruption of Mount Pinatubo, operated with the INTERFET peacekeeping taskforce, participated in Pacific Partnership deployments, and provided assistance following the massive floods in Pakistan in 2010. She was decommissioned in San Diego, California on 31 March 2015. She currently rests, out of commission and in reserve, at NAVSEA Inactive Ships On-site Maintenance Office, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii^[1]in the inactive reserve in case of further need.^[2]

^ "Naval Vessel Register – PELELIU (LHA 5)". www.nvr.navy.mil. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
^ Larter, David (2 July 2014). "Decommissioning plan pulls all frigates from fleet by end of FY '15". Military Times. Gannett Government Media. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 3 July 2014.

History
USS Peleliu on 16 August 2006
United States
Name	Peleliu
Namesake	Battle of Peleliu
Ordered	6 November 1970
Builder	Ingalls Shipbuilding
Laid down	12 November 1976
Launched	25 November 1978
Commissioned	3 May 1980
Decommissioned	31 March 2015
Renamed	from Da Nang
Stricken	30 April 2024
Homeport	San Diego
Identification	Callsign: NPEL Hull number: LHA-5
Motto	Pax per Potens (Peace through power)
Nickname(s)	The Fighting Five Iron Nickel
Status	Stricken
Badge
General characteristics
Class and type	Tarawa-class amphibious assault ship
Displacement	39,438 long tons full and 25,982 tons light
Length	820 ft (250 m)
Beam	106.6 ft (32.5 m)
Draft	27 ft (8.2 m)
Propulsion	2 steam combustion engineering modified super 6 boilers 2 Westinghouse steam turbines
Speed	24 knots (44 km/h; 28 mph)
Complement	262 officers and about 2,543 enlisted men
Armament	Two rolling airframe missile launchers, four 25 mm Mk 38 Bushmaster gun mounts, two Phalanx CIWS for self-defense, five 0.5 in (12.7 mm) machine guns. These ships were built with an offensive armament with three 5-inch rapid-fire naval guns and a defense of two Mk 115 Basic Point Defense Missile guided missile units.
Aircraft carried	(typical) Six AV-8B Harrier attack planes; four AH-1Z Viper attack helicopters; 12 CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters; nine CH-53 Sea Stallion heavy helicopters; four UH-1Y Venom utility helicopters, and two V-22 Ospreys.
Aviation facilities	hangar deck