Tripoli (LPH 10) - Naval Cruise Book

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ship The first Ship to bear the USS TRIPOLI CCVE-642, which was One ofthe Navy's amphibious assault in Pascagoula the in May 1967. She and served as a support vessel for troops immediate evacuation and treatment of wounded the deployment, TRIPOLI was presentedwith the Secretaryof the Navy in Mayl968. TRlPOLl,now has Western resultyof the ship Her ke el Naval Llni el' coveted ,Arleigh battle efficiency Award for Aviati

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a newspaper and a weather forecasting office, as well as complete hospital and i l i l l l 1 f 1 E E t ,xt Q , 1 Qc, X OSS L fbi 0 is -X.. ,Q V to l f E 2 ,ss X f ms gg A Q 1 X sl' X , ,Q -t I 1 l '. l r i l l l l i 5 L , , , Qs gg? ,c . -1, f l ,X ss V' Q Q x ikhi Y 3 ' R? Wx. SZ! .st Q ss 0 X ,mf V? Y X Jr I -1, lf r l gc ' 5 i 3 l V X l , I ll' rl' ' Z Q S ,1iY, fsiq 'sys , X X 0 M,,,,MR,lIQQQL, ,ha facilities for destilling 100,000 gallons of fresh water per day. Her I I I I I S rtsc , if f USS TRlPOLl QLPH-105, as an amphibious assault ship, helicopters and Marine Corps troops to foreign an airborne invasion by landing Marines behind enemk,2 2SYff1z1ng the concept known as vertical envelopment. TRlPoL1' 60 if is 2 feet lonQQnd feet wide, supporting a one-acre flight deck. She X, . is capable of 2,500 people and 27 aircraft. This includes the standarcgclrwlxs over 600 officers and enlisted men and an assortment of helicop- tags, HARRIERS. The ship has over 750 compartments, displaces 18,000 lions and has a draft of 29 feet. Her single shaft propulsion plant can develop 22,000 horsepower which can drive theship in excess of 20 nautical miles per hour. N electrical plant is capable of supplying enough power to service a small And, as with most small cities, TRlPOLl contains a chapel, a library, two barber-shops, a post office, a print shop, a laundry, a photo lab, a radio station, a television station, , ss- dental faciliities, 'VM ww , X , X, f Sf , 35, ' , , K . ' .fix ',, 4 , t ,, A S J -me 7 1 I f ' , H: s Y ., x W ,.., X 4 ss S W: ,tx ,f W x ,jg fw'ls.1g, get 1,4 fl ,,,f S Nik X X f ff , ' S5 f, I t .NY t W: 'M Ns t USS fi WZ ' N , 4 , xxx wh 'f M , f X i.'X c ,, J t. 4 wtf' ff xx 2 M 45:5 NWO 5' U N55 ,, ,,,f, fs , f'M77?c, 'f ,----- 5- VW w, - T 0 , 1-13, ,':fQ, 1 - ,Www ,W ,,, 1 7 .cc f 41- - , y , 1,5 K fxvsg ,, t ,f sss- I X t W, , If ,Q M, ,X . ff X sg, . , f ' is titt . 2 ,, f , yy ' X S ' f , I, Xb I gg, x I rw ns 'f we ,N A N W, , I fp, X5 , ','ff 0 , . I W, . , W XJ' ,, f, I ,.,A..,..... .Y...,.,..f,,.,,,. -...-. . .. .,....iu... .-, , s Cm sir , i XY 3 0 Q :Sym