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  Tripoli - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tripoli is the largest city, the principal sea port, and the largest commercial and manufacturing centre in Libya.
From the Phoenicians Tripoli passed into the hands of the rulers of Cyrenaica (Barca), from whom it was wrested by the Carthaginians.
Tripoli was controlled by Italy until 1943, then occupied by British forces until independence in 1951.
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 USS Tripoli (CVE-64) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The first USS Tripoli (CVE-64)—an escort aircraft carrier built under a Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 1101) at Vancouver, Washington—was laid down by the Kaiser Shipbuilding Co. on February 1 1943 as Didrickson Bay (ACV-64); renamed Tripoli on 3 April 1943; launched on 13 July 1943; sponsored by Mrs.
Tripoli transferred Composite Squadron 8 ashore to conduct operations from Hilo, Hawaii, before she loaded a miscellaneous cargo of fighters and bombers to be offloaded at Roi, in the Marshall Islands, where she made port on 20 February 1945.
Following the ship's third voyage to Europe, Tripoli was berthed at the Port Newark Terminal on 5 August 1952 where she loaded 45 Republic F-84 Thunderjet aircraft, 90 wingtip fuel tanks, and related gear for transport to the Far East.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/USS_Tripoli_(CVE-64)   (1727 words)

  
 USS Tripoli II
Tripoli returned to the Vietnamese coast near Hue on the 20th and backloaded SLF "Bravo" in time for the marines to participate in Operation "Belt Drive." On 27 August, the battalion landing team once more went ashore—via both helicopter and landing craft— in Quang province.
Tripoli returned to Vietnam at Danang early in October and loaded 39 defective CM 46A helicopters for transportation to Okinawa where their tail pylons were to be replaced.
Tripoli operated in the Philipines and at Okinawa conducting amphibious exercises in preparation for an exercise with units of South Korean forces.
www.multied.com /NAVY/LPH/tripoliII.html   (4040 words)

  
 Desert Shield/Desert Storm
USS Tripoli (LPH 10), which had been part of the amphibious task force, was assigned to the USMCMG as a support ship for the AMCM helicopters and as the USMCMG command ship.
USS Princeton restored her TLAM strike and Aegis AAW capabilities within two hours of the mine strike and reassumed duties as the local AAW commander, providing air defense for the Coalition MCM group for 30 additional hours until relieved.
USS Tripoli was able to continue her mission for several days before being relieved by USS Lasalle (AGF 3) and USS New Orleans (LPH 11).
www.geocities.com /Pentagon/Bunker/2170/desertshield_desertstorm.html   (3855 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
USS Bradbury - NX 72307 Challenger-class: The model for the Challenger-class Buran, seen in the wreckage of "Best of Both Worlds" (TNG), was similar to the Constitution-class, the only difference being that the two nacelles are Constellation-class style and attached to the top read end of the saucer.
USS Yellowstone - NCC 70073 The Springfield-class: The Chekov has two nacelles identical to the marker pens of the Ahwahnee, except that standard red-streamer Starfleet decals are present on their upper sides.
USS Drake - NCC 20381 USS Fleming - NCC 20316 Yorkshire-class: This ship class may be of a newer design, as the registry of the Denver illustrates.
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 USS Tripoli Reunion Association   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
USS TRIPOLI (LPH-10) was given form by Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation in Pascagoula, Mississippi.
Disaster struck on the morning of February 18, when TRIPOLI was rocked by a mine explosion on her starboard bow.
TRIPOLI is believed to be the first ship since the Civil War to sustain major mine damage and continue operations.
www.usstripoli.com /lph10.htm   (1192 words)

  
 eagle48   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
USS MOOSBRUGGER (DD- 980) detaches from the redeploying USS JOHN F. KENNEDY battle group to undergo required maintenance in the Mediterranean.
The crew of USS TRIPOLI (LPH-10) is awarded the Combat Action Ribbon for being endangered by enemy mine attack on 18 February.
The USS NORMANDY (CG-60) diverts the Maltian flagged freighter BRAHMS in the Northern Red Sea en route from Bremen to Aqaba, and assists the USS WILLIAM V. with diversion of a second freighter enroute from Bremen to Aqabar, the Cyprus flagged NOVMENCHU also in the Northern Red Sea.
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USS Tripoli (LPH-10) List of amphibious assault ships of the United States Navy...
USS Tripoli (LPH-10) Vietnam Service, 1967-1973 On 22 May 1967, Subic Bay on the 27th, and relieved Princeton (LPH-5) as...
USS Wyoming (BM-10) USS Wyoming (BM-10) was the second ship of the Pennsylvania.
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 50s Navy - Ships - USS Tripoli   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The first Tripoli (CVE-64) -an escort aircraft carrier built under a Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 1101 at Vancouver, Washington- was laid down by the Kaiser Shipbuilding Co. on 1 February 1943 as Didrickson Bay (ACV-64; renamed Tripoli on 3 April 1943; launched on 13 July 1943; sponsored by Mrs.
Designated as the center of TG 47.7, the escort carrier put to sea on 22 August with the four destroyer escorts of the CortDiv 24 to operate against a homeward-bound German submarine estimated to pass at 25 degrees south latitude and 5 degrees west longitude.
Tripoli transferred Composite Squadron 8 ashore to conduct operations from Hilo, Hawaii, before she loaded a miscellaneous cargo of fighters and bombers to be off-loaded at Roi, in the Marshall Islands, where she made port on 20 February 1945.
www.50snavy.org /tripoli.html   (1833 words)

  
 USS Tripoli
Picking up the "scent," O'Toole straddled the floats with her hedgehog projectiles and depth charges and soon radioed victoriously "We hit the rodent!" A brief visual examination of the evidence— debris and a large quantity of diesel oil-satisfied the hunter-killer group that they had indeed sunk an enemy submarine.
Acordingly, Tripoli was recommissioned at New York on 5 January 1952, Capt. Raymond N. Sharp in command.
Following the ship's third voyage to Europe, Tripoli was berthed at the Port Newark Terminal on 6 August 1952 where she loaded 45 Republic F-84 Thunderjet aircraft, 90 wingtip fuel tanks, and related gear for transport to the Far East.
www.multied.com /navy/cruiser/tripoli.html   (1678 words)

  
 USS Princeton (CG 59)
During the sweeping of Iraqi mines, USS TRIPOLI hit a moored contact mine in 30 meters of water.
USS PRINCETON restored her TLAM strike and Aegis AAW capabilities within two hours of the mine strike and reassumed duties as the local AAW commander, providing air defense for the Coalition MCM group for 30 additional hours until relieved by the USS VALLEY FORGE (CG 50).
USS PRINCETON's primary duty throughout deployment was providing air defense for all the ships in the task force, which at one point, included four carriers, three air wings and one ARG.
www.navysite.de /cg/cg59.html   (953 words)

  
 1980's-1990's Page 5
The Bow of the Wisconsin was replaced with the bow of the Kentucky in June of 1956 due to a collision with the USS Eaton DDE-510 on May 6, 1956.
USS Wisconsin on patrol in the Gulf of Oman.
USS Wisconsin and a guided missile cruiser sit at anchor in New York harbor during the fourth annual Fleet Week activities.
www.usswisconsin.org /Pictures/1980's-1990's.htm   (239 words)

  
 Captain Ravel
Ravel reinters starfleet as himself this time, telling starfleet of his previous experience, once it was all aproved and authenitcated, he was passed threw the accademy in 2 years, getting refresher courses on what he has missed and going threw some new science classes.
In 2322 Ensign ravel was assigned to the USS Tripoli as science officer.
Ravel was also onboard when DATA was discovered in the remains of the Omicron Theta colony by the Federation Starship USS Tripoli in 2338.
www.angelfire.com /trek/usssentinel93/XObio.html   (980 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
In 2373, USS Sovereign was unable to join the fleet in the repel of the Borg cube because she was too far away.
USS Titan was one of three ships that transported Starfleet personnel from the Starbase before it's destruction by the Romulan's.
The Tripoli was the ship taht discovered the android Data at the remains of the Federation colony at Omicron Theta in 2338.
home.earthlink.net /~lcars1/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/starship_database_ii.txt   (4642 words)

  
 USS Miranda Federation Starship Database
The Hokule'a Class USS Agincourt NCC-20004-A is credited with dealing the final blow to the Orion Trade Federation, a slave and narcotics smuggling ring that had plagued Starfleet Security since the 2230s.
The Tripoli was the ship that discovered the android Data at the remains of the Federation colony at Omicron Theta in 2338.
The Tripoli was decommissioned and was relegated to Surplus Depot Zed-15 on planet Qualor II.
www.ussmiranda.com /ships/hokulea.htm   (553 words)

  
 Latinos & WWII   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Lying on the deck of the USS Tripoli on a quiet night on the Pacific Ocean, Luis Reyes Davila felt at peace in a time of war.
He was then transferred to the air division squadron attached to the USS Tripoli (CVE-64).
Once the squadron was qualified, the men were transferred to the USS Tripoli.
www.utexas.edu /projects/latinoarchives/narratives/06Davila_Luis.html   (997 words)

  
 eagle39   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The USS BEAUFORT (ATS-2), and Naval Reserve minesweeper escort USS ADROIT (MSO 509) maneuvered through an uncharted mine field to reach the USS PRINCETON and tow her to safety.
The USS TRIPOLI is operating fully mission-capable in the northern Arabian Gulf with damage control efforts stemming minor flooding.
USS PRINCETON has a cracked superstructure, a jammed port rudder and leaking port shaft seal.
www.odssa.com /Eagle/eagle39.htm   (1906 words)

  
 USS Leader (MSO490)
USS LEADER was constructed by the J. Martinac Shipbuilding Corporation at Tacoma, Washington.
The destroyer escort USS Haverfield (DE 393) rendezvoused with Enhance, picked up both doctor and patient, and proceeded to Guam, arriving on 3 May. When the division arrived at Guam a day later, the patient was recovering well.
The division and the MSC were joined upon their arrival in Hawaii by the inshore minesweepers USS Cape (MSI 1) and USS Cove (MSI 2), for the final leg of the transit to Long Beach.
www.ussleader.org   (11415 words)

  
 USS Winston S. Churchill   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
USS WINSTON S. Lieutenant Commander Nilsson grew up in Miami, Florida and is a 1993 graduate of the Virginia Military Institute; he earned his commission through the NROTC program.
His first sea tour was as the Electrical Officer and later Assistant First Lieutenant of USS RUSHMORE (LSD 47) homeported in San Diego, CA, from December 1993 to June of 1996.
LCDR Nilsson next served as the Navigator of USS CURTS (FFG 38), forward deployed to the Seventh Fleet in Yokosuka, Japan from June 1996 to September 1997.
www.churchill.navy.mil /bioxo.htm   (333 words)

  
 Desert Storm: The war with Iraq
The battleships USS Wisconsin (BB 64) and USS Missouri (BB 63) took up stations in the northern Persian Gulf ready to contribute the firepower of their 16-inch guns and Tomahawk cruise missiles to the ejection of Iraqi forces from Kuwait.
Battle damage repair crews from USS Jason (AR 8) completed six month's work in 30 days to enable Tripoli to return to the northern Gulf in the first week of April to relieve New Orleans as flagship for ongoing allied mine-clearing operations.
USS Tripoli, La Salle, New Orleans and other amphibious ships acted as home base for the MH-53E mine sweeping helicopters.
www.history.navy.mil /wars/dstorm/ds5.htm   (7358 words)

  
 USS Iwo Jima
This site was originally started in order to locate former crew members of the Amphibious Assault Ship U.S.S. IWO JIMA (LPH-2) (August 26, 1961 to July 14, 1993) and to provide information to the general public about the first ship of it's class.
The U.S.S. Iwo Jima Association was formed in March of 2000 at the first reunion in Mobile, Alabama where attendees were guests at the christening of the U.S.S IWO JIMA (LHD-7).
The 2006 reunion will include former crewmembers from the USS Okinawa and the USS New Orleans and will be located at the Radisson Hotel in Jacksonville, FL on 18-22 October 2006.
www.megalink.net /~yujack/sigh/iwo/iwo.htm   (404 words)

  
 Ex Astris Scientia - Starfleet Ship Classes A-K
The classification of the USS Centaur is unknown.
Gene Roddenberry proposed that the latter was first designated as USS Yorktown and later recommissioned as Enterprise 1701-A. It is a reasonable assumption that most of the remaining ships were refurbished likewise in the 2270s.
While further ships of this class have been built in the meantime, the USS Defiant probably remained the only one with a Romulan cloaking device and was still in experimental status at the time of its destruction.
www.ex-astris-scientia.org /schematics/starfleet_ships1.htm   (4757 words)

  
 Commanding Officer -- USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Captain Ed McNamee comes from Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., and is a graduate of Limestone College in Gaffney, S.C. He was commissioned a naval officer through the Aviation Officer Candidate (AOC) program in January 1979 and designated a naval aviator in February 1980.
In December 1995, Capt. McNamee was assigned as executive officer for the "Chargers" of Helicopter Anti-submarine Squadron 14, embarked in USS Independence with Carrier Air Wing 5 in Atsugi, Japan.
In February 2002, assumed command of USS Wasp and one week after taking command, deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.
www.navy.mil /search/print_bbs.asp?bbs_id=691   (365 words)

  
 USMC/COMBAT HELICOPTER ASSOCIATION - KIA DATABASE
The aircrews were assigned to either HMM-164 from the USS Okinawa or HMM-165 from the USS Tripoli, and the Americans were transporting a total of 840 Vietnamese Marines, who were assigned to the 1st Vietnamese Marine Battalion, along with their equipment, rations and 12,000 rounds of ammunition.
On the morning of July 11, 1972, the helicopter to which Crody was assigned launched from the USS TRIPOLI to participate in combat operations in support of operation LAM SON 72 (Phase II) in Vietnam.
The chopper was launched from the USS Tripoli, its mission to drop the Marines behind enemy lines near Communist-occupied Quang Tri City.
www.popasmoke.com /kia/incidents.php?incident_id=14   (3302 words)

  
 Cornelious Garret
On board a starship was where he belonged, and from the moment he stepped on board one he knew that the Captain's chair was the only chair for him.
His first duty was on board the Lakona class firgate USS Audacious as a Bridge Duty Officer, taking command of the bridge on late-night shifts.
He continued as a duty officer on the Audacious for 9 years until he was offered a position as first officer on board the Miranda class USS Tripoli.
home.earthlink.net /~azrael028/Bounty/Garret.htm   (372 words)

  
 SEAGRAVES, MELVIN DOUGLAS Compiled by Task Force Omega Inc
Seaman Seagraves was last seen aboard the USS Tripoli while off duty between 1200 and 1230 hours.
At the same time, a complete and thorough search of the USS Tripoli was conducted.
Flight operations were being conducted in the afternoon and multiple helicopter logistics flights to other ships in the force arrived and departed the USS Tripoli's flight deck.
www.taskforceomegainc.org /s238.html   (534 words)

  
 US Navy Press Releases: Forward Navy and Marine Units Respond to Gulf Threat   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
USS George Washington, with Carrier Airwing Seven embarked, brings more than 80 tactical aircraft to the region.
Additionally, the USS Tripoli (LPH 10) amphibious ready group (ARG) with 2,000 embarked Marines moved to the northern Persian Gulf.
The ARG consists of USS Tripoli, USS Cleveland (LPD 7), USS Rushmore (LSD 47), USS Fort McHenry (LSD 43), and carries the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_pnav/is_199410/ai_1681702129   (300 words)

  
 Cold Fury » The bottom line
While assigned to a MCM force sweeping toward the shore of Faylaka Island during the Gulf War on January 17, USS TRIPOLI and the other ships of the MCM force were targeted by Iraqi Silkworm anti-ship missile fire control radars.
As USS AVENGER (MCM 1) and USS LEADER attempted to assist the damaged warship, USS PRINCETON (CG 59), while unknowingly heading along a line of Manta mines, continued to provide air defense for the MCM Group but at 0715, also hit a Manta mine in 16 meters of water.
USS TRIPOLI was able to continue her mission for several days before being relieved by USS LA SALLE (AGF 3) and USS NEW ORLEANS (LPH 11).
coldfury.com /index.php?p=4560   (1575 words)

  
 Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron-265 [HMM-265]
In October 1969, the squadron was reassigned to Marine Aircraft Group 56 and relocated to Santa Anna, Calif. On 13 November 1970, the squadron was deactivated.
In December 1990, the Dragons embarked aboard the USS Tripoli to the Persian Gulf in support of Operation Desert Shield.
During their last year in Hawaii, the Squadron embarked aboard the USS Essex in support of RIMPAC '94 and deployed to the Pohakuloa Training Area in support in 1st Battalion, 3rd Marines.
www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/usmc/hmm-265.htm   (677 words)

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