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] alongside USS Tarawa in the inactive reserve in case of further need

 

LHA 5  -  USS Peleliu
Type, Class:			Amphibious Assault Ship (General Purpose) - LHA; Tarawa - class planned and laid down as USS Da Nang / renamed USS Peleliu in 1978
Builder:			Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi, USA
STATUS:			Awarded: November 6, 1970 Laid down: November 26, 1976 (as USS Da Nang) renamed USS Peleliu on February 15, 1978 Launched: November 25, 1978 Commissioned: May 3, 1980 ACTIVE UNIT/ in commission (Pacific Fleet)
Homeport:			San Diego, California, USA
Namesake:			Named after and in honor of the Battle of Peleliu (September 15 - November 25, 1944) > see history, below;
Ship's Motto:			PAX PER POTENS  'peace through power'
Technical Data: (Measures, Propulsion, Armament, Aviation, etc.)			see: INFO > Tarawa class Amphibious Assault Ship - LHA
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ammunition offload - March 2011   San Diego, California - February 2011   San Diego, California - February 2011   Pacific Ocean - February 2011   San Diego, California - December 2010   San Diego, California - December 2010   San Diego, California - December 2010   Pearl Harbor - December 2010   South China Sea - November 2010   South China Sea - November 2010   Arabian Sea - August 2010   Arabian Sea - August 2010   Arabian Sea - August 2010   Arabian Sea - August 2010   Arabian Sea - August 2010   Java Sea - July 2010   Indian Ocean - July 2010   Darwin, Australia - June 2010   Dili, Timor Leste - June 2010   Pacific Ocean - June 2010   Pacific Ocean - June 2010   Guam - June 2010   Pacific Ocean - June 2010   Pacific Ocean - May 2010   Pacific Ocean - May 2010   Pacific Ocean - May 2010   Pacific Ocean - March 2010   Pacific Ocean - March 2010   Pacific Ocean - March 2010   Pacific Ocean - March 2010   Marines assigned to the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (15th MEU) wait in the hangar bay of USS Peleliu - Pacific Ocean - March 2010   Pacific Ocean - February 2010   San Diego, California - November 2008   San Diego, California - November 2008   San Diego, California - November 2008   Pacific Ocean - November 2008   Pacific Ocean - November 2008   Pacific Ocean - November 2008   Pacific Ocean - November 2008   Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - October 2008   Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - October 2008   Pacific Ocean - October 2008