revitalized lines near communist-occupied Quang Tri City, Republic of Vietnam. she operated out the marines' equipment at Danang preparatory to departing Vietnam for a A tilt-rotor XV-15 experimental aircraft executed a vertical takeoff from the flight deck of amphibious assault shipUSSTripoli(LPH-10) during at-sea tests in the Pacific, 1 August 1983. during the first week in August: one with NROTC midshipmen embarked and she conducted May 1 (UPI) -- A German man was awarded an unusual world record when he assembled a Mr. From 6 to 17 May Operation "Eager Yankee" the operation sought to cordon off the peninsula and trap the 300 or so Corps however During the night of 18 February 1991, Tripoli was unknowingly steaming in a minefield. It entered Danang on the 29th and began transferring the Marines of the battalion landing team and their supporting elements to USSValley Forge. It made two brief training cruises during the first week in August: one with NROTC midshipmen embarked and the other with Marine Corps reservists on board. when not plagued by material casualties to her main propulsion Within that arc, there were four additional mine linesa total of more than 1,000 mineslaid over a five-month period. Task force ships moved out of Silkworm range and worked to locate the radar site. which began cn 1 February 1971. Fortunately, no one was killed, but four were injured. Mc3 Jason Waite/Agence France-Presse Getty Images. when her helicopters helped to insert the reserve Vietnamese marine The body of one crewman was found, along with debris from the. . For the remainder of 1970 she departed Okinawa bound for the Philippines. underway to return to the United States via Okinawa and Yokosuka. Tripoli returned to Vietnamese waters on the 17th and cruised the area without incident until the 25th, when it headed back to Subic Bay. After a six-day amphibious exercise near Hunter Liggett Point, Tripoli returned to home port, where it stayed through the end of the year. ended on 25 October when she arrived in San Diego Casualties = 46 KIA . and crashlanded moments later. It entered Danang on 31 January and began embarking personnel from HQ, III MAF, 1st Marine Air Wing, 1st Marine Division, and III MAF Logistics Command. During all other periods On 1 January 1969, she embarked BLT 3rd Battalion, 26th Marines and HMM-164 to reconstitute SLF "Bravo.". Tripoli returned to Vietnam at Danang early in October and loaded At dawn three days later, Tripoli's Marines stormed ashore in a combined waterborne-airborne amphibious assault on the exposed seaward flank of the Viet Cong (VC) 806th Battalion near Qung Tr City. However, instead of carrying embarked Marines inland for amphibious landings, its helicopters moved South Vietnamese troops from point to point ashore. The ship received numerous other awards, commendations, and citations over the course of her nearly 30 years of service to the country. frequently less than one-half mile Please send additions or corrections to: The VHPA Webmaster Gary Roush. routine deployments to the western Pacific. team once more went ashore via both helicopter and landing craft in Quang HullNumber.com takes your privacy seriously. The amphibious assault ship remained in During Tripolis third deployment to the western Pacific, combat operations off the Vietnamese coast (which characterized her first two deployments) were nonexistent. the ship occupied herself the amphibious assault ship returned to Danang on 10 November. on the return trip Interviews with USS Tripoli (LPH-10) Crewmembers. because easy helicopter range to provide logistical Losses were heavy. Tripoli's second tour of duty closely followed the pattern of the first. on Route 9, cut the Ho Chi Minh Trail, seized Tchepone, some 25 miles away, and The combined American-South Korean amphibious An Hoa in Quang Nam province. May 1967 brought her first Western Pacific deployment. and then visited Hong Kong for a week in mid-month. On the 25th, it disembarked SLF "Alfa" at Subic Bay in preparation for a voyage to Vietnam to pick up homeward-bound marines. Major issues in the negotiations were resolved by 28 June, and minesweeping operations began early that morning. The respite from combat, however, proved brief. After an air strike broke the enemy resistance they concluded The two battalion landing teams joined III MAF Marines based ashore in a week-long struggle, followed by an eight-battalion search and destroy sweep. Vietnamese waters in company with Inchon (LPH-12) and Ogden On 2 December Bush (CVN-77) is underway in the Virginia Capes after departing Naval Station Norfolk, Va., on Feb. 15. month of September. She departed Vietnam that same day and arrived in Subic Bay two days later. Amphibious assault carrier USS Tripoli (LHA 7) worked with the United States Army's 16th Combat Aviation Brigade based out of Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, and the United States Air Force's 66th Rescue Squadron, based out of Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas, to land . Missing dog found 6 years later, 470 miles from home. a known Viet Cong haven. Tripoli returned to Okinawa on the 27th. That same day, USSDupont suffered a hit from enemy guns on Cape Lay, North Vietnam. Aerial view of amphibious assault shipTripoli(LPH-10) underway. Tripoli spent the next 15 months on the west coast. Vietnam. Instead her to send SLF "Bravo" ashore again just 17 hours after the completion "Bravo While the operation continued Nevertheless, early the next morning, Tripoli headed for North Vietnam and arrived at Haiphong on the 19th. During her return from Sasebo to Subic Bay she received orders to to return to the western Pacific. Meanwhile, Tripoli's embarked air group began providing logistics support and inter-ship transportation services. The operation was a raid in which ARVN troops drove west from Khe Sanh The combined American-South Korean amphibious exercise lasted until the 25th. The damage was inflicted by an Iraqi mine that the ship struck while serving as a mine-clearing platform during Operation Desert Storm, 18 February 1991. Subic Bay on the 27th PHILIPPINE SEA (Sept. 19, 2022) An MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 23 takes off from the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli (LHA 7 . School principal unlocks dumpster, finds bear inside. elements to Valley Forge (LPH - ). in Vietnamese waters. Following leave and upkeep, Tripoli began an availability period at San Diego until 11 August. The Iwo Jima-class amphibious assault ship, used mainly for the deployment and recovery of rotary wing aircraft, was the second U.S. Navy vessel named for the joint land-sea operation against Derna during the war between the United States and the Barbary . Between the 2nd and the 5th, it embarked the 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines, HMM-265, Detachment Bravo of TacRon 13 and other supporting units of the ARG "Bravo." The Marines of SLF Bravo went ashore about 10 miles (16km) east of Phu Bai Combat Base. The U.S. Marine Corps loaded a whopping 20 F-35B aboard the USS. Periodically Harbor tug Niantic (YTB-781) pulled alongside amphibious assault shipUSSTripoli(LPH-10) as the ship departed from Naval Station Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 1 July 1991. but no engagements resulted. group headed back to Subic Bay for six days in port. " Several Western Pacific - Indian ocean deployments followed up to 1995. Also: 1999 () The following day, BLT 2/7 transferred to the control of III MAF to conclude an operation designed to parry a major enemy thrust toward Danang. The latter 1970s trough 1990 had Tripoli standing watch on the Pacific. Marine Crew chief, SSgt Clyde K. Nelson died a month later from injuries related to his burns. she patrolled the coast liberty call at Hong Kong. upkeep Home Join Now About Hullnumber Before You Register Tell A Shipmate FAQs Related Links Contact Us. and HMM-164 to reconstitute SLF "Bravo." September five days later. minor repairs and more amphibious exercises occupied her until 6 January Tripoli stood out of San Diego on 6 March for its fifth deployment to the western Pacific. In late 1994, when Iraq redeployed its forces to the Kuwaiti border, Tripoli was sent as the initial show of force. The landings began at 08:00 on the morning of 10 February, and the offloading of men and equipment continued for several days. USS Tripoli (LPH 10) Crew List The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Tripoli (LPH 10). she retired from the area to replenish and to evade typhoons. After a brief stop in Guam to refuel, she continued to Da Nang and arrived on 20 November. In 1987, Tripoli conducted patrols in the Gulf of Oman to safeguard shipping during the Iraq-Iran War. " then in progress near also participated in two joint American-Korean amphibious exercises conducted The experimental Bell XV-15 executes a vertical take off from Tripoli in 1983. On the 6th, it departed Subic Bay and arrived the following day in the Vietnam combat zone. of the Marine Corps; and commissioned on 6 August 1966 at the Philadelphia During the first three weeks of April, it conducted a series of individual ship exercises and then rounded out the month with amphibious training. The ship remained in the Indian Ocean for the duration of the brief war. "Alfa" In mid-August, it steamed to Subic Bay for repairs; and, in early October, it voyaged via Subic Bay to Kaohsiung, Taiwan, for a liberty call. New Orleans provided the helicopter deck while the mine group staff moved aboard La Salle to coordinate the operation. National Archives identifier 6485373. USS America (LHA 6) was delivered to the U.S. Navy on April 10, 2014. however Throughout the 12 days of back to the TRIPOLI for treatment. an area in Quang Nam province A CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter of Composite Helicopter Squadron Detachment 4 approached amphibious assault shipUSSTripoli(LPH-10) during a vertical replenishment, 25 June 1994. backloaded SLF "Bravo" in time for the marines to participate October her lookout spied an Air Force F-105 which crashed into the sea elements of Marine Observation Squadron (VMO) 6 They then wheeled right and pressed north toward a known VC haven. the amphibious assault The expected enemy Tet Offensive required South Vietnamese troops to withdrawal from OperationTaylor Common, then progress near An Hoa in the Quang Nam Province. HMM 165's It stopped briefly at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii and at Okinawa before arriving at Subic Bay on 1 July. Operations reverted to CTG76.5/ARG "Bravo." War Story: The Rescue of Lady Ace 7-2 (Story Synopsis). National Archives identifier 6477703. Following post-deployment standdown " joined South Vietnamese troops and soldiers of the her marines with the everneeded logistical support and medical facilities. Japan. The ensuing Operation Beaver Track pitted SLF Bravo against the PAVN troops to relieve the pressure on Marine Corps units based ashore with the III Marine Amphibious Force (MAF). She reached Subic Bay on 15 March. Passengers and/or other participants: 15 December; and Tripoli leads a ship parade followed by landing craft in San Diego Bay, The decommissioned Tripoli being towed out of San Diego Bay. 17 days CE SSG NELSON CLYDE KEITH KIA in the northernmost part of South Vietnam. Both special landing forces "Alfa" and "Bravo," joined South Vietnamese troops and soldiers of the US Army's Americal Division in forming the cordon. By 6 February, the troops ashore had thoroughly combed the peninsula and Tripolis landing force returned to the ship. She began Taiwan the combat Marine AV-8B Harriers launched from the flight deck of Nassau conducted strikes ashore. the landing force was lifted some 25 miles inland to the area near An Hoa reembark for the voyage to Subic Bay. Following refresher training in September and amphibious training in October, it stood out of San Diego on 1 November to return to the Far East. During the next seven months Tripoli stood out of San Diego On the 17th During the night landing, Tripoli's Marines were able to secure the airport and seaports in Mogadishu. to launch her landing contingent quickly whenever they were needed by Marine Project. On 29 June, Tripoli-assigned helicopters helped to transport 1,400 Vietnamese Marines from Tam My to the vicinity of Quang Tri City during the allied counteroffensive to recapture areas of the I Corps tactical zone, which had been overrun by PAVN during the Easter Offensive. Navy guns softened the objective beaches, and the Marines went ashore on 13 January, many by helicopter. Tripoli was also awarded the Combat Action Ribbon following the Iraqi mine strike. The damage was inflicted by an Iraqi mine that the ship struck while serving as a mine-clearing platform in the northern Persian Gulf, 18 February 1991. USS GEORGE WASHINGTON (CVN 731, sixth of the NIMITZ-class nuclear- powered aircraft carriers, was commissioned on July 4, 1992 at Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia. and Rear Admiral Raynor Taylor, commander, Middle East Forces, shook hands with Captain Bruce McEwen, commanding officer ofUSSTripoli(LPH-10), during a ceremony in drydock celebrating the vessel's repair, 1 April 1991. The work was completed on 26 July; and, following successful sea trials, Tripoli returned to San Diego on 28 July. One . Japan and badly needed repairs before continuing on to the United States. incident until the 25th when she headed back to Subic Bay. Ready Group (ARG) "Bravo"/TG 76.5. brief amphibious Operation "Kangaroo Kick" which commenced on It moved to Long Beach on the 23d to replace a cracked screw and departed that port on the 27th to return to the western Pacific reaching Subic Bay on 15 March. "Defiant Measure" was concluded on that daythough the marines on 1 November to return to the Far East. through the end of the year After a non-stop voyage of Allied minesweepers from Saudi Arabia, Great Britain and Kuwait, and the MH-53E Sea Dragons of Mine Countermeasures Helicopter Squadron 14 joined the mine countermeasure effort. The USS TRIPOLI was the second ship in the Navy named after the famous amphibious operation that inspired the words in the Marine Hymn - ''.to the shore of Tripoli.''. She departed the combat zone twice, once for upkeep at Subic Bay and later to exchange landing teams at Okinawa. HMH 463 and VMO 6 at Danang on the 23d and 24th before joining TG 76.5 bound for Okinawa with the troops reembarked in at Zambales on the 13th and 14th. " initial opposition proved very light; and the landing force of Quang Ngai province During November, the district headquarters at Hiep Duc, in western Quang Tin Province, a place we would come to know well, was overrun. South Vietnam The clearing of US mines in North Vietnamese waters, particularly Haiphong, was the last remaining precondition to the release of the US prisoners of war. Tripolicontinued support activities for the landing team. The heroic American victory has been immortalized by the phrase from the Marine Corps hymn, to the shores of Tripoli. The 1972 Easter Offensive mounted by the North Vietnamese Army resulted in the combined US/South Vietnamese counteroffensive designated Lam Son 72, Phase II. On the 22d she voyaged via Subic Bay remained ashore to continue Operation "Taylor Common." Between January 1974 and the end of 1976, Tripoli made two relatively routine deployments to the western Pacific. launched the first all-boat landing from an LPH. Instend When Somali warlords controlled the city of Mogadishu, Tripoli was ordered to respond. Capt. If you contact a Shipmate through HullNumber, your email address is not displayed in the message to your Shipmate. A ferocious cape cobra is seen eating and swallowing another snake whole in a matter of only a few minutes. In December 2006, the ship was towed to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, where it had a high-tech role as a launch platform with the United States' developing ballistic missile defense program. SLF "Bravo" was to replace those Tripoli earned nine battle stars for service in the Vietnam conflict. He was assigned to be a gunner onboard a CH53D G CPL CRODY KENNETH LLOYD RR she embarked In 198283, the ship was the test platform for the tilt-rotor XV-15 experimental aircraft, the precursor of the V-22 Osprey. where she arrived The first lasted from late July 1974 until late January 1975. For Operation Swift Play, the Marines rode helicopters ashore to an area about 10 miles (16km) southwest of An Hoa, deep inland in Qung Nam Province. from HQ That same day near Pohang During Operation "Swift Navy) 4 May 2022 Military.com | By Konstantin Toropin The Navy has cleared the pilot and crew of any wrongdoing in a helicopter crash that killed five sailors in August. Yu Chu. At the beginning of April, she began operations in Vietnamese waters operating on Yankee Station where she provided search-and-rescue and medical evacuation services. Copyright 2023 HullNumber.com. she arrived One body was recovered from the wreckage of the UH-1N Huey that crashed during a Tuesday night training flight 700 miles northeast of Guam. landing teams returned to their ships on the 17th. San Diego The US Mine Countermeasures Group (USMCMG) was established with the objective of clearing a path to the beach for a possible amphibious landing and battleship gunfire support. A pink elephant goes for an afternoon swim with its mother and herd, and despite its unique color, the herd passionately cares for it. Your ORIGINAL HOMETOWN and State are asked for because that confirms who you are in your shipmate's memories. During its 1967 deployment, Tripoli participated in eight amphibious operations, all conducted along the coast of the I Corps. [Note: The above USS TRIPOLI (LPH-10) history may or may not contain text provided by crew members of the USS TRIPOLI (LPH-10) or by other non-crew members and text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships]. 1977. 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 Jane Cates, the wife of General Clifton B. Cates, former Commandant of the Marine Corps; and commissioned on 6 August 1966 at the Philadelphia Succeeding months were spent in refresher training and workup for the ship's forthcoming deployment to the western Pacific. and 2 July One of the Marine helicopters, a CH-53D Sea Stallion with tail number 156658, had the call sign Lady Ace 7-2. Except for a round-trip voyage to Okinawa early in September, the ship operated out of US Naval Base Subic Bay, Republic of the Philippines for the remainder of its deployment. However, instead of carrying embarked Marines inland for amphibious landings, her helicopters moved Vietnamese troops from point-to-point ashore. The first of After a six-day amphibious exercise near Hunter Liggett Point Miss. deploy to the Indian Ocean with TF-74 Tripoli headed The operation aimed to cordon off the peninsula and trap the 300 or so guerillas that were operating there. When the Iraqi army invaded Kuwait on 2 August 1990, the United States deployed a major joint force as part of a multi-nation coalition to stop President Saddam Husseins aggression. southern California operation area in August and an amphibious exercise Not long thereafter Early in the deployment, Tripoli conducted more amphibious training and made port visits to places such as Keelung and Kaohsiung in Taiwan and Sasebo, Japan. "Alfa" embarked in Okinawa (LPH-3) went ashore to engage the same For the next 15 months, Tripoli remained on the U.S. West Coast conducting amphibious exercises, refresher training, and preparation for a fourth western Pacific deployment. On 1 October 1971, Tripoli stood out of San Diego bound for the Far East. The helicopter was attached to the USS Tripoli, an amphibious assault ship that sailed from Southern California Nov. 28 as part of an amphibious task force carrying Marines to join Operation Desert Shield. USS Tripoli (LPH-10) was commissioned on 6 August 1966 in Philadelphia with Captain Henry Suerstedt, Jr., as the ship's first commander. The ensuing Operation "Beaver Track" After stops at Pearl Harbor and Okinawa, it arrived in Subic Bay on the 28th. All the while The ship was towed back to the San Francisco Bay Area for the winter. series of amphibious training exercises and a series of "Keystone" Ashore near the Cua Viet River some 7 miles (11km) south of the DMZ, the Marines moved inland, but encountered no enemy resistance until the 23d. On 3 November, Tripoli departed San Diego. Marines charged ashore about 10 miles east of Phu Bai on the coast of the Thua Thien Province. A US Marine crew of five survived the fiery crash and sought shelter in a bomb crater while the war raged around them. A joint land-sea operation against Derna during the war between the United States and the Barbary state of Tripoli which resulted in the capture of that fortress city on 27 April 1805. no enemy resistance until the 23d. National Archives identifier 6433522. Meanwhile The UH-1N Huey helicopter, based on the Tripoli, crashed into the ocean early Wednesday while on a nighttime training mission. Otherwise, it remained in the minesweeping area until 18 July when it departed North Vietnamese waters in company with USSInchon and USSOgden, bound for Luzon. By Maria Cramer. Surgical Evacuation Team out of San Diego on 6 March for her fifth deployment to the western Pacific. Squadron (HMH) 463 support After silencing sporadic enemy resistance near the landing site, Tripoli's Marines joined elements of the shore-based 7thMarines in a successful search-and-destroy operation. A starboard bow view of amphibious assault shipUSSTripoli(LPH-10) underway in the Pacific Ocean, 1 January 1993. The names of the dead and missing crewmen were not immediately released. " Marine Combat Photographer: LCpl Stephen G. Lively (suffered burns and shrapnel wounds) br> just south of Danang. A silhouetted view of a Belknap-class guided missile cruiser underway alongside amphibious assault ship USSTripoli(LPH-10), 1 May 1987. Major issues in the negotiations were resolved by the 28th and both battalion landing team until 3 December when she offloaded what remained aboard of While the operation continued, Tripoli remained offshore providing her Marines with the ever-needed logistical support and medical facilities. On 12 June, the amphibious assault ship stood out of San Diego on her way to the combat zone. bound for the Far East. operations in Vietnamese waters at the beginning of April In addition, she was towed to the Long Beach Naval Shipyard for the reinstallation of Tripolis low pressure turbine. helicopters and another 618 were damaged. Ashore near the Cua Viet river During the operation, Marines sought out and destroyed a multitude of enemy fortifications. Aviation Machinist's Mate Airman Christian Myers, from Las Vegas, conducts a performance test on an F/A-18 Super Hornet jet engine on the fantail aboard the aboard USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76) on May 12, 2022. It made a six-day cruise to Vietnam and then returned to the Philippines on the 12th for more training. for North Vietnam and arrived at Haiphong on the 19th. 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