http://navysite.de/ships/lha5.htm USS Peleliu (LHA 5)
- formerly DA NANG, formerly PRINCETON, formerly KHE SANH -
USS PELELIU is the final ship in the TARAWA class. First named KHE SANH, then renamed DA NANG and finally named PELELIU, she is the first ship to bear the name of the island and the second ship named in honor of the battles fought in the Palau Islands.
General Characteristics: Keel Laid: 1976
Launched: November 25, 1978
Commissioned: May 3, 1980
Builder: Ingalls Shipbuilding, West Bank, Pascagoula, Miss.
Propulsion system: two boilers, two geared steam turbines
Propellers: two
Aircraft elevators: two
Length: 833,34 feet (254 meters)
Flight Deck Width: 132,2 feet (40.3 meters)
Beam: 106,6 feet (32.5 meters)
Draft: 26,25 feet (8 meters)
Displacement: approx. 39,300 tons full load
Speed: 24 knots
Aircraft: (depends upon mission)
6 AV-8B Harrier attack planes or 6 AV-8B Harrier attack planes
4 AH-1W Super Cobra attack helicopters 12 CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters
12 CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters 9 CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopters
9 CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopters
4 UH-1N Huey helicopters
Crew: Ship: 82 officers, 882 enlisted Marine Detachment: 1,900+
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USS GREENEVILLE (SSN 772)
SUBMARINE (NUCLEAR-POWERED)
UIC: 21831
Class: SSN 688 Fleet: Pacific
Status: Active, in commission Homeport: PEARL HARBOR, HI
Date status changed: 02/16/1996 Berth:
Maintenance Category:
Force: Battle Force MARAD Type:
Builder: NEWPORT NEWS/NEWPT
Delivery Date: 01/29/1996
Award Date: 12/14/1988 Age (since delivery): 7.6 years
Keel Date: 02/28/1992 Commission Date: 02/16/1996
Launch Date: 09/17/1994 Decommission Date:
Age (since launch) 8.9 years Years from Commission to Decommission:
Stricken Date:
Overall Length: 362 ft Waterline Length: 0 ft
Extreme Beam: 33 ft Waterline Beam: 0 ft
Maximum Navigational Draft: 31 ft Draft Limit: 0 ft
Light Displacement: 6000 tons Full Displacement: 6927 tons
Dead Weight: 927 tons
Hull Material: Steel hull, steel superstructure.
Number of Propellers: 1
Propulsion Type: Steam Turbine (Nuclear)
Accommodations: Officers: 12 Enlisted: 98
Custodian: US NAVY Ships Program Manager: 392
Planning Yard: Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Co, Newport News, VA Nuclear Planning Yard: Electric Boat Div., General Dynamics, Groton, CT
No changes to this information were reported since 03/26/1998
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