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174k | USS Ponce (LPD-15) exiting Chesapeake Bay. Note Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel and Fort Monroe to starboard, circa. 1974. This photo shows Ponce in her original configuration with four gun mounts all twin 3"/50. The forward two mounts (Mounts 31 & 32) are enclosed. | Jim Williams, crew member 1973-75 | |
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137k | USS Ponce (LPD-15) off San Juan Puerto Rico, circa 1973. As built configuration with four 3"/50 twin gun mounts. | Jim Williams, crew member 1973-75 | |
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111k | USS Ponce (LPD-15) at Moorehead City, N.C., February 1977 | © Richard Leonhardt | |
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50k | USS Ponce (LPD-15) underway, date and location unknown US Navy photo |
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32k | USS Ponce (LPD-15) heading up the Elizabeth River for a four month maintenance availability at Metro Shipyard, Portsmouth, VA. with at least three tugs assisting; the one in the foreground is Nancy McAllister, 24 January 1989 | Photo by H. Carl Nancken | |
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59k | USS Ponce (LPD-15) at Barcelona, Spain, 12 April 1990. In this photo Ponce's armament has been updated to include two Phalanx close-in-weapons-systems (CIWS). The Phalanx systems replaced the forward port and the after starboard 3"/50 gun mounts; the starboard CIWS mount has been relocated forward, nearer the bridge. | Photo by Fabio Peņa | |
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52k | USS Ponce (LPD-15) at Barcelona, Spain, 12 April 1990. This photo again shows the updated armament configuration as noted above. | Photo by Fabio Peņa | |
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877k | USS Ponce (LPD-15) underway, date and location unknown. | Wendell Royce McLaughlin Jr | |
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111k | USS Saipan (LHA 2) left, and USS Ponce (LPD15) flank the underway replenishment oiler USNS Patuxent (T-AO-201) during a
simultaneous underway replenishment (UNREP), 21 September 2002. US Navy photo # 020921-N-6920A-001 by PHAN Latrice N. Ames |
Bill Gonyo | |
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74k | USS Ponce (LSD-15), USNS Spica (T-AFS-9) and USS Saipan (LHA-2) prepare to conduct a simultaneous Refueling at Sea (RAS), 31 January 2003. Ponce is part of Amphibious Task Force East (AFT-E), underway on an unscheduled deployment in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. US Navy photo # 030131-N-2972R-056 by PH3 Angel Roman-Otero. |
Bernard A. Cardali USS LST-308 | |
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2760k | USS Ponce (LPD-15) and the amphibious dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD-48) receive stores during a connected replenishment with the Military Sealift Command (MSC) combat stores ship USNS Spica (T-AFS-9). Ponce, Ashland and Spica are deployed with the Kearsarge Expeditionary Strike Group and are currently conducting Maritime Security Operations in the Persian Gulf. US Navy photo # 050505-N-2382W-010 Persian Gulf (May 5, 2005) by PHAN Finley Williams |
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579k | USS Ponce (LPD-15) pulls alongside Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS Laramie (T-AO 203) to begin an underway replenishment, 20 June 2007. Ponce is underway in preparation for an upcoming deployment. US Navy photo # 070620-N-4014G-037 ATLANTIC OCEAN (June 20, 2007) by MC3 Patrick Gearhiser. |
Douglas Brown | |
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