USS Peleliu was placed in an inactive reserve status and moored alongside her sister ship . ==Ship's coat of arms== The stars across the top of the shield represent the eight Medal of Honor recipients from the Battle of Peleliu Island in 1944.
Peleliu's keel was laid down in 1976 at the Litton Industries Ingalls Shipbuilding company in Pascagoula, Mississippi.
She was launched on 25 November 1978, sponsored by Peggy Hayward, the wife of the Chief of Naval Operations at that time, Admiral Thomas B.
Entering service in 1980, she has been deployed to the Persian Gulf on several occasions, performed an evacuation of U.S.
Peleliu was commissioned on 3 May 1980. ==Operational history== Peleliu immediately steamed southwards and transited the Panama Canal to the Pacific Ocean.
She crossed the Equator for the first time on 27 May 1980, setting a new record for time between an American warship's commissioning and her crossing over into the Southern Hemisphere.
Peleliu then steamed to the seaport of Long Beach, California. Following the 17 October 1989 San Francisco earthquake, Peleliu was one of the 24 U.S.
Peleliu provided shelter for 300 victims and provided helicopter support. Peleliu deployed again to the Western Pacific in January 1990.
response to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in August 1990 curtailed the shipyard availability and forced Peleliu into an accelerated schedule of pre-deployment training, but she did not deploy for Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm.
She eventually departed Long Beach in May 1991, in support of ongoing U.S.
In June 1991, while en route to the Persian Gulf, she was diverted from a scheduled port call in Hong Kong to the Philippines, where she participated in the evacuation of the Americans from the Naval Base Subic Bay following the volcanic eruption of Mount Pinatubo.
Cedrun, the chief of staff for Expeditionary Strike Group 3, replaced Captain Schnell as the commanding officer of Peleliu. On 24 November 2010, Peleliu returned full circle and she was berthed in the Subic Bay Freeport Zone on her first visit there since the evacuation by the Navy in 1991.
She was again underway by May 1992 and going through workups and inspections for her next Western Pacific (WESTPAC) deployment on 21 January 1994.
She was again underway by May 1992 and going through workups and inspections for her next Western Pacific (WESTPAC) deployment on 21 January 1994.
She arrived on station around 3 March 1994 and spent the next three months supporting operations in the area.
Leaving Somalia on 4 June 1994, she steamed to Perth, Australia for a port visit.
Following those attacks, Peleliu was sent to the North Arabian Sea and, on 26 November 2001, she took the first U.S.
After the American Taliban John Walker Lindh was captured in Afghanistan, he was taken aboard Peleliu on 14 December 2001.
Marines from the embarked Marine Expeditionary Unit participated in ground operations in southern Iraq. Peleliu steamed to support of the Pacific Partnership mission from 23 May through 20 September 2007.
Navy and ten other countries, and also from three private assistance organizations. In 2008, Peleliu was sent to the Indian Ocean to support Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation Enduring Freedom, and antipiracy operations.
On 10 August 2008, Peleliu responded to a distress call from a merchant ship, Gem of Kilakari, that was being attacked by armed pirates in the Gulf of Aden.
Naval Base Subic Bay following the eruption of Mount Pinatubo, operated with the INTERFET peacekeeping taskforce, participated in Pacific Partnership deployments, and provided assistance following the massive floods in Pakistan in 2010.
That pirate attack was suppressed with no injuries. In August 2010, Peleliu was sent to Port of Karachi, Pakistan, to use 19 of her helicopters for rescue during the massive floods in southern Pakistan, which were the worst in the recorded history of Pakistan. During this deployment, Captain David Schnell, the commanding officer of Peleliu, was relieved of his command and reassigned for being "unduly familiar" with several crewmembers.
Cedrun, the chief of staff for Expeditionary Strike Group 3, replaced Captain Schnell as the commanding officer of Peleliu. On 24 November 2010, Peleliu returned full circle and she was berthed in the Subic Bay Freeport Zone on her first visit there since the evacuation by the Navy in 1991.
Peleliu returned to Naval Base San Diego on 24 December 2014 from her final six-month deployment to the Western Pacific.
During the ship's deployment Peleliu, her crew, Commander, Amphibious Squadron Three, Special Purpose Marine Task Force Three and Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 21 participated in Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2014 as part of the Third Fleet. Peleliu was decommissioned on 31 March 2015 in San Diego.
She was decommissioned in San Diego, California on March 31, 2015.
Upon return, the ship made preparations to decommission in March 2015 after 34 years of service, 17 deployments and more than a 1.6 million kilometres transited.
During the ship's deployment Peleliu, her crew, Commander, Amphibious Squadron Three, Special Purpose Marine Task Force Three and Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 21 participated in Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2014 as part of the Third Fleet. Peleliu was decommissioned on 31 March 2015 in San Diego.
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