Tripoli (LPH 10) - Naval Cruise Book

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SHIP'S CHARACTERISTICS USS TRIPOLI ILPH-101 IS DESIGNED TO TRAN- SPORT HELICOPTERS AND MARINES TO FOREIGN SHORESIAND TO LAUNCH AN AIR BORNE INVASION BY PUTTING MARINES BEHIND ENEMY LINES. THIS MODERN WARFARE CONCEPT IS CALLED VERTICAL ENVELOPMENT. TRIPOLI IS AN AMPHIBIOUS AS- SAULT SHIP, 602 FEET LONG WITH AN EXTREME BREADTH OF 84 FEET. HER FLIGHT DECK IS APPROX- IMATELY ONE AND ONE HALF ACRES IN TOTAL AREA. THE SHIP'S FULL LOAD CAPACITY IS APPROXIMATE- LY 18,000 TONS WITH A DRAFT OF 29 FEET. HER SINGLE-SHAFT PROPULSION MACHINERY TRANS- MITS 22,000 HORSEPOWER, OR ENOUGH POWER TO DRIVE TRIPOLI AHEAD AT MORE THAN 20 NAUTICAL MILES PER HOUR. THE SHIP CONTAINS OVER 750 COMPARTMENTS AND IS MANNED BY 50 OFFICERS AND 600 ENLISTED MEN. WHEN TRIPOLI IS FULLY COMBAT LOADED, AN ADDITIONAL 1,500 MARINES ARE CARRIED ONBOARD WITH A SOUADRON OF MODERN, MULTI-JET HELICOPTERS. TRIPOLI HAS FACILITIES FOR DISTILLING 100,000 GALLONS OF FRESH WATER PER DAY AND HER ELECTRICAL PLANT IS CAPABLE OF SUPPLYING ENOUGH POWER TO SERVE A SMALL CITY. HER ARMAMENT CONSISTS OF TWO TWIN 3-INCH 50 CALIBER, RAPID FIRE GUN MOUNTS AND TWO MISSILE MOUNTS, PLUS NUMER- OUS RAPID FIRE, LARGE CALIBER MACHINE GUNS.

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THE TRIPULI HERITAGE 4. THE HISTORIC BATTLE OF TRIPOLI, THE FAMOUS FLEET-SHORE OPERATION THAT WAS THE DECISIVE ACTION DURING THE TRIPOLITAN WAR 11801-18051, PRODUCED SOME LEGENDARY SERVICE HEROES. AMONG THEM WAS A YOUNG MARINE LIEUTENANT NAMED PRES- LEY O'BANNON, WHO LED A PATCHWORK ARMY OF ARABS AND GREEKS ACROSS 'THE SUN-PARCHED DESERT AND .IOINED FORCES WITH THREE NAVY SHIPS UNDER THE COMMAND OF COMMODORE PREBLE TO CAPTURE THE CAPITOL CITY OF DERNE, RULED BY THE BEY OF TRIPOLI. ANOTHER HEROIC FIGURE OF THE WAR WAS A NAVY LIEUTENANT, STEPHEN DECATUR. ALONG WITH A SMALL BAND OF SAILORS, DECATUR MADE A DARING NIGHTIME RAID Ilgl-TO THE HARBOR OF TRIPOLI AND BURNED THE STRICKEN NAVY VESSEL USS PHILADELPHIA, THIS BOT- TLING UP THE HARBOR AND PREVENTING THE ENEMY FROM SECURING A VALUED PRIZE. THERE HAVE BEEN TWO SHIPS NAMED AFTER THE BATTLE OF TRIPOLI. THE FIRST WAS USS TRIPOLI QCVE-642, A NOTABLE ESCORT AIRCRAFT CARRIER DURING WW II. THE SECOND IS THE PRESENT USS TRIPOLI QLPH-105.

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