USS Peleliu (LHA-5)

GPTKB entity

Statements (49)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer
Royal Navy ship
gptkbp:aircraftCarried gptkb:CH-53_Sea_Stallion
gptkb:UH-1N_Huey
gptkb:AH-1_Cobra
gptkb:AV-8B_Harrier_II
gptkb:CH-46_Sea_Knight
gptkbp:armament gptkb:Phalanx_CIWS
gptkb:NATO_Sea_Sparrow
.50 cal machine guns
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Meritorious_Unit_Commendation
gptkb:Battle_Efficiency_Award
gptkb:Humanitarian_Service_Medal
gptkb:Navy_Unit_Commendation
gptkbp:badge features a depiction of the Battle of Peleliu
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Ingalls_Shipbuilding
gptkbp:callsign NICKEL
gptkbp:class gptkb:Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer
gptkbp:commissioned 3 May 1980
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:crewComplement over 1,000 crew
gptkbp:decommissioned 31 March 2015
gptkbp:displacement 39,300 tons (full load)
gptkbp:embarkedTroops up to 1,900 Marines
gptkbp:homeport gptkb:Naval_Base_San_Diego
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Peleliu (LHA-5)
gptkbp:hullNumber LHA-5
gptkbp:laidDown 12 November 1976
gptkbp:launched 25 November 1978
gptkbp:length 820 feet
gptkbp:locationAfterDecommissioning Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility, Pearl Harbor
gptkbp:motto Pax per Potens (Peace through Power)
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Battle_of_Peleliu
gptkbp:nickname Iron Nickel
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Operation_Enduring_Freedom
gptkb:Operation_Iraqi_Freedom
gptkb:Operation_Restore_Hope
Operation Desert Storm
gptkbp:operator gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:propulsion 2 steam turbines
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:USS_Saipan_(LHA-2)
gptkb:USS_Belleau_Wood_(LHA-3)
gptkb:USS_Tarawa_(LHA-1)
gptkb:USS_Nassau_(LHA-4)
gptkbp:speed 24 knots
gptkbp:status decommissioned
gptkbp:website https://www.public.navy.mil/surfor/lha5/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5