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USS Tripoli (LHA-7)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Echo - Echo - Echo
 NEEE
America Class LHA(R) Amphibious Assault Ship:
  • Laid down, 20 June 2014, at Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp. Pascagoula, MS.
  • Launched, 1 May 2017
  • Christening, 16 September 2017
  • Completed builders trials, 19 July 2019
  • Delivered to the US Navy , 3 March 2020
  • Commissioned USS Tripoli (LHA-7), 15 July 2020, at Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp. Pascagoula, MS.
    Specifications:
    Displacement 44,971 long t.(lt), 50,000 long t.(fl)
    Length 844'
    Beam 106'
    Speed 22+ kts.
    Endurance 9,500 miles
    Medical Capability
    Two operating rooms
    Twenty-Four bed ward
    Flight Deck
    Nine CH-53K spots
    Elevators one Port, one Starboard
    Vehicle Square 19,112 ft
    Cargo/Ammo Cube 145,963 ft
    Aviation Fuel (JP-5) 1,300,000 gal / or 1.6 M gallons
    Aircraft, Standard Configuration:
    Ten F-35B Joint Strike Fighters (JSF) STOVL aircraft
    Twelve MV-22 Osprey VTOL tiltrotors
    Four CH-53E Sea Stallion helicopters
    Eight AH-1Z Super Cobra helicopters
    Four MH-60S Seahawk helicopters
    Complement
    65 - 100 officers
    994 - 1,000 enlisted
    Load:
    1,687 troops, plus 184 surge
    Marine Detachment: 1,800
    Armament
    Two Mk-29 NATO Evolved Sea Sparrow launchers
    Two MK49 Rolling Airframe Missile [RAM]
    Three 20mm Phalanx CIWS mounts
    Eight .50 cal. machine guns
    Electronics
    AN/USG-2 Cooperative Engagement Capability (CEC)
    SSDS MK2
    Distributed Common Ground System (DCGS-N)
    AN/USQ-T46(V) BFTT
    IFF Interrogator System AN/UPX-29 (V)
    AN/SRC-55
    AN/TPX-42A(V)14
    AN/SPN-35C
    AN/WSN-7 RLGN
    AN/SPS-48 Radar
    AN/SPS-49 Radar
    AN/SPQ-9B Radar
    Propulsion
    Two General Electric "LM2500 plus" gas turbines engines, approximately 50 MW
    Two propellers, 70,000 total brake horsepower
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    Namesake
    Tripoli - Commemorates a joint land-sea operation against Derna during the war between the United States and the Barbary state of Tripoli, which resulted in the capture of that fortress city on 27 April 1805 After a long and grueling march across the desert from Alexandria, William H. Eaton, the American naval agent in the Barbary states, led a polyglot force of some 300 Arabs and Bedouins, about 70 Greek mercenaries, and eight US Marines in storming the Tripolitan defensive positions. Gunfire from United States warships Hornet, Nautilus, and Argus, under Master Commandant Isaac Hull, and the valor of the Marines, commanded by Lt. Presley Neville O'Bannon, USMC, were instrumental in achieving the American victory which has been immortalized by the phrase from the Marine Corps hymn, "From the halls of Montezuma to the shores of Tripoli."
    Painting - "Attack on Derna," painting by Colonel Charles Waterhouse, USMC.
    Map - North Africa, Google Maps    		 Tommy Trampp
    Tripoli 283k Artist's rendering of USS Tripoli (LHA-7), courtesy of Northrop Grumman. Bill Gonyo
    Tripoli 297k Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) Ray Mabus delivers remarks during the keel-laying ceremony for the amphibious assault ship Tripoli (LHA-7), 20 June 2014
    US Navy Photo.    		 Lee Wahler
    Tripoli 445k Cranes lifts Tripoli (LHA-7)'s 700-ton deckhouse into place, 9 July 2016.
    Ingalls Shipbuilding photo.    		 Tommy Trampp
    Tripoli
    170501-N-2201-001    		 211k Tripoli (LHA-7) was successfully float-off launched, 1 May 2017, at Huntington Ingalls Industries. Tripoli incorporates an enlarged hangar deck, enhanced maintenance facilities, increased fuel capacity and additional storerooms to provide the fleet with a platform optimized for aviation capabilities. The ship is planned to be christened in 2017 with delivery planned for late 2018
    US Navy Photo #'s 170501-N-N2201-001 PASCAGOULA, Miss. (May 1, 2017) and 170501-N-N2201-002 PASCAGOULA, Miss. (May 1, 2017). Courtesy Ingalls Shipbuilding.     		Ron Reeves
    Lee Wahler
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    Tripoli 221k Tripoli (LHA-7) moored pierside after launching 1 May 2017, at Huntington Ingalls Industries, Pascagoula, MS.
    Courtesy Ingalls Shipbuilding.    		 Ron Reeves
    Tripoli 788k Invitation to the Christening ceremony for Tripoli (LHA-7) at Huntington Ingalls Industries, Pascagoula, MS., 16 September 2017. Ron Reeves and
    Dale Hargrave
    Tripoli 252k Mrs. Lynn Mabus, wife of Ray Mabus, 75th United States Secretary of the Navy (2009 to 2017), christening Tripoli (LHA-7) at Huntington Ingalls Industries, Pascagoula, MS., 16 September 2017. Photos by Dale Hargrave
    Tripoli 209k
    Tripoli 254k Tripoli (LHA-7) Christening commemorative souvenir coins Ron Reeves
    Tripoli 117k Tripoli (LHA-7) underway in the Gulf of Mexico during builders trials, 15 July 2019. Lee Wahler
    Tripoli
    10070714    		 62k Tripoli (LHA-7) moored at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, 3 August 2020. Branden Deschaine, MA1 USN
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    200918-N-KG38-1010    		 605k USS Tripoli (LHA-7) arrives at her new homeport, Naval Station San Diego, 18 September 2020.
    US Navy photo #'s 200918-N-KG38-1010, 200918-N-KG38-1036, 200918-N-KG38-1016, 200918-N-KG38-1109 by MC1 Woody Paschall
    US Navy photo #'s 200918-N-OA516-1108. 200918-N-OA516-1080 by MC3 Kevin C. Leitner    		 Chin Yu Chu
    Tripoli
    10070716
    200918-N-KG38-1036    		 203k
    Tripoli
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    200918-N-KG38-1016    		 191k
    Tripoli
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    200918-N-KG38-1109    		 200k
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    200918-N-OA516-1108    		 209k
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    200918-N-OA516-1080    		 196k
    Tripoli
    10070720    		 109k USS Tripoli (LHA-7) moored in the port of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 12 November 2022. Glenn Towler
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    10070723    		 67k USS Tripoli (LHA-7) departing the port of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 13 November 2022. Glenn Towler
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    USS Tripoli (LHA-7)
    Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)
    Commanding Officers
    PCUCAPT. Meyers, Dennis Patrick, USNJune 2017 - 15 July 2020
    01CAPT. Meyers, Dennis Patrick, USN15 July 2020 - 19 September 2020
    02CAPT. Lang, Joel B., USN19 September 2020 - 19 September 2020 - 1 August 2022
    03CAPT. Liefaber. John Christian, USN (USNA 1997)1 August 2022 - 2 November 2023
    04CAPT. Harrington II, Gary Allen, USN2 November 2023 -  
    Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    Navy Fact File - Surface Ships - Amphibious Assault Ships - LHD/LHA(R)
    Tripoli Launch Video
    Christening Ceremony Program
    Amphibious Assault Ships - LHA/LHD/LHA(R)
    Navy Newsstand USS Tripoli photo gallery
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