USS Tripoli (LHA-7)

History
USS Tripoli underway on 15 July 2019
United States
Name	Tripoli
Namesake	Battle of Derne
Awarded	31 May 2012
Builder	Huntington Ingalls Industries
Laid down	20 June 2014
Launched	1 May 2017
Sponsored by	Lynne Mabus
Christened	16 September 2017
Acquired	28 February 2020
Commissioned	15 July 2020
Homeport	San Diego
Identification	Callsign: NEEE Hull number: LHA-7
Motto	In ære terram marique (In the Air, on Land, and Sea)
Status	in active service
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General characteristics
Class & type	America-class amphibious assault ship
Displacement	44,971 long tons (45,693 t)
Length	844 ft (257 m)
Beam	106 ft (32 m)
Draft	26 ft (7.9 m) (7.9 meters)
Propulsion	Two marine gas turbines, two shafts, 70,000 bhp (52,000 kW), two 5,000 hp (3,700 kW) auxiliary propulsion motors.
Speed	22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph)+
Complement	102 officers, 1,102 enlisted 1,687 marines (plus 184 surge)
Sensors & processing systems	AN/SPQ-9B fire-control radar AN/SPS-48E air-search radar
Electronic warfare & decoys	AN/SLQ-32B(V)2 2 × Mk53 Nulka decoy launchers
Armament	2 × Rolling Airframe Missile launchers 2 × Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile launchers 2 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS mounts 7 × twin .50 BMG machine guns
Aircraft carried	AV-8B Harrier II MV-22B Osprey F-35B Lightning II CH-53K King Stallion UH-1Y Venom AH-1Z Viper MH-60S Knighthawk

USS Tripoli (LHA-7) is the second America-class amphibious assault ship built for the United States Navy. On 7 May 2012, United States Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced the ship's name as Tripoli, in honor of the US Marine Corps victory against Tripoli at the Battle of Derna during the First Barbary War. This is the third US Naval ship to carry the name, the first being USS Tripoli (CVE-64), an escort carrier from World War II and the second being USS Tripoli (LPH-10), an amphibious assault ship that served during the Cold War.