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LPH-10 Tripoli

Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign: November - Whiskey - Quebec - Uniform
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons




Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (5) - Joint Meritorious Unit Award - Navy Unit Commendation (4)
Second Row - Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation - Navy Battle "E" Ribbon (2) - National Defense Service Medal
Third Row - Vietnam Service Medal (9) - Southwest Asia Service Medal - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (3-Op. Restore Hope, Somalia)
Fourth Row - Philippines Presidential Unit Citation - Republic of Vietnam Meritorious Unit Citation for Gallantry (8) - Vietnam Campaign Medal
Iwo Jima Class Amphibious Assault Ship (Helicopter):
  • Laid down, 15 June 1964, at Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp. Pascagoula, MS.
  • Launched, 31 July 1965
  • Commissioned USS Tripoli (LPH-10), 6 August 1966
  • Decommissioned, 8 September 1995, at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, CA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 15 September 1995
  • Custody transferred to the US Army, 27 June 1997
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
  • Tripoli earned nine campaign stars for Vietnam service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 11,000 t.(lt), 18,474 t.(fl)
    Length 592'
    Beam 84'
    Flight Deck Beam 105'
    Draft 27'
    Speed 22 kts.
    Complement 667
    Troop Accommodations 2,157
    Aircraft 25 helicopters
    Armament (as built) 4 3"/50 AA guns, (modifications) two 3"/50s removed and replaced with 8 cell Sea Sparrow BPDMS launchers, two Phalanx CIWS added
    Propulsion two 600 psi boilers, one geared steam turbine, one shaft, 22,000 shaft horsepower
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    Tripoli 89k Tripoli (LPH-10) in drydock at Manama, Bahrein, early April 1991 for repairs to her hull caused by a mine hit during Operation DESERT STORM. .
    Tripoli 107k Close up view of damage to Tripoli (LPH-10)s hull as a result of a mine hit during Operation DESERT STORM, April 1991.
    US Navy photo    		 .
    Tripoli 90k Tripoli (LPH-10) underway, date and place unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 Dennis Stephenson SMC USN Ret
    Tripoli 88k Tripoli (LPH-10) underway, date and place unknown. Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
    Tripoli 131k Tripoli (LPH-10) underway, date and place unknown. Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
    Union 206k Shimmering Water surrounds Tripoli (LPH-10) and Union (LKA-106) berthed together at White Beach Navy pier, Okinawa.
    US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine, May 1970, photo by PH2 R. E. Ziel USN.    		 Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
    Tripoli 205k Tripoli (LPH-10) underway off the coast of southern California, 10 September 1997.
    US Navy photo # 970910-N-0000U-003.    		 Bill Gonyo
    Tripoli 60k ex-Tripoli (LPH-10) moored at US Naval Shipyard Mare Island, December 2000 Gerhard Mueller Debus
    Tripoli 49k ex-Tripoli (LPH-10) moored at US Naval Shipyard Mare Island, Vallejo, CA., 2 July 2002 Photo by Daniel Dunham
    Tripoli 33k ex-Tripoli (LPH-10) moored at US Naval Shipyard Mare Island, Vallejo, CA., 14 January 2003 George Jeanette
    Tripoli 89k ex-Tripoli (LPH-10) moored at US Naval Shipyard Mare Island, mid-March 2004 Jim R. Huffman
    Tripoli 110k ex-Tripoli (LPH-10) moored at US Naval Shipyard Mare Island, mid-April 2004 Jim R. Huffman
    Tripoli 64k ex-Tripoli (LPH-10) moored at US Naval Shipyard Mare Island, 14 June 2004 Sam Stokes, Hole in the Head Press
    Tripoli (LPH-10) Memorabilia
    Tripoli
    Commissioning Program
    Contributed by
    Robert M. Cieri    		 Tripoli
    Decommissioning Program
    Contributed by
    Robert M. Cieri
    View the Tripoli (LPH-10)
    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center web site
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    USS Tripoli Reunion Association
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    Haze Gray & Underway World Aircraft Carrier Lists
    Steve Stengel's USS Tripoli web page
    USS Tripoli
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