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USS Tripoli (LHA-7)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Echo - Echo - Echo NEEE

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Tripoli departed San Diego, 17 May 2025, forwarded deploying to her new homeport, Sasebo, Japan

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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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Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Contributed By
USS Tripoli (LPH-10)
101110139	117k	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
	283k	Artist's rendering of USS Tripoli (LHA-7), courtesy of Northrop Grumman.		Bill Gonyo
	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
	445k	Cranes lifts Tripoli (LHA-7)'s 700-ton deckhouse into place, 9 July 2016. Ingalls Shipbuilding photo.		Tommy Trampp
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
170501-N-2201-002	187k
	221k	Tripoli (LHA-7) moored pierside after launching 1 May 2017, at Huntington Ingalls Industries, Pascagoula, MS. Courtesy Ingalls Shipbuilding.		Ron Reeves
	788k	Invitation to the Christening ceremony for Tripoli (LHA-7) at Huntington Ingalls Industries, Pascagoula, MS., 16 September 2017.		Ron Reeves and Dale Hargrave
	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
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	254k	Tripoli (LHA-7) Christening commemorative souvenir coins		Ron Reeves
	117k	Tripoli (LHA-7) underway in the Gulf of Mexico during builders trials, 15 July 2019.		Lee Wahler
10070714	62k	Tripoli (LHA-7) moored at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, 3 August 2020.		Branden Deschaine, MA1 USN
10070715 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
10070716 200918-N-KG38-1036	203k
10070717 200918-N-KG38-1016	191k
10070718 200918-N-KG38-1109	200k
10070719 200918-N-OA516-1108	209k
10070720 200918-N-OA516-1080	196k
10070733	4835k	USS Tripoli (LHA-7) departs Naval Air Station North Island, CA., 7 April 2022. Tripoli is changing her home port later this year to Japan where she will replace USS America (LHA-6) as the Navy's forward-deployed big deck amphibious ship. US Navy Photo from USNI News		Bob Haner
10070720	109k	USS Tripoli (LHA-7) moored in the port of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 12 November 2022.		Glenn Towler
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10070722	192k
10070723	67k	USS Tripoli (LHA-7) departing the port of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 13 November 2022.		Glenn Towler
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10070725	112k
10070726	121k
10070727	79k
10070728	69k
10070736	86k	USS Tripoli (LHA-7) makes her way through San Diego Harbor, 29 November 2022, as she returns to Naval Base San Diego from her maiden voyage to the Indo-Pacific. US Navy photo by MC2 Brett McMinowa		Bob Haner
10070737	69k	USS Tripoli (LHA-7) outbound to sea, 19 May 2025, enroute for Sasebo, Japan wher whe will replace USS America (LHA-6) as the forward deployed big back Amphib at Sasebo. US Navy photo by MC2 Brett McMinowa		Bob Haner
10070734	1884k	USS Tripoli (LHA-7) moored pireside at Naval Station Pearl Harbor, 6 June 2025		Photo by Rick E. Davis

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USS Tripoli (LHA-7)
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

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Commanding Officers
PCU	CAPT. Meyers, Dennis Patrick, USN	June 2017 - 15 July 2020
01	CAPT. Meyers, Dennis Patrick, USN	15 July 2020 - 19 September 2020
02	CAPT. Lang, Joel B., USN	19 September 2020 - 19 September 2020 - 1 August 2022
03	CAPT. Liefaber. John Christian, USN (USNA 1997)	1 August 2022 - 2 November 2023
04	CAPT. Harrington II, Gary Allen, USN	2 November 2023 - 17 April 2025
05	CAPT. Park, Eddie Joon, USN (USNA 2000)	17 April 2025 -

Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves

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Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log

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Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
Tripoli Launch Video
Christening Ceremony Program
Navy Fact File - Amphibious Assault Ships - LHD/LHA(R)
Navy Newsstand USS Tripoli photo gallery

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