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USS Green Bay (LPD-20) is a San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock. She is the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the city and bay of Green Bay, Wisconsin . The contract to build her was awarded to Northrop Grumman Ship Systems of New Orleans, Louisiana , on 30 May 2000 and her keel was laid down on 11 August 2003.
On 17 September 2012, the 15th MEU was deployed with the Peleliu Amphibious Ready Group (USS Peleliu, USS Green Bay, and USS Rushmore as a theater reserve and crisis response force throughout the U.S. Central Command and the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. The unit returned to Camp Pendleton 13 May 2013.
When assigned under the operational control of the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (15th MEU), it becomes the Logistics Combat Element (LCE) providing expeditionary combat logistics support to all supported elements of the Marine Expeditionary Unit. CLB-15 has two sister MEU CLBs also based out of Camp Pendleton: CLB-11 and CLB-13.
A landing craft utility returns to USS Belleau Wood with members of the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit. A Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU, pronounced as one syllable "M'you" IPA: / m j uː /) is the smallest air-ground task force (MAGTF) in the United States Fleet Marine Force. [1] Each MEU is an expeditionary rapid reaction force ready to ...
Two ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Green Bay, after the city of Green Bay, Wisconsin, USS Green Bay (PG-101) was a patrol gunboat launched in 1969, and in 1975 was transferred to the Hellenic Navy and renamed HS Tolmi (P-229) USS Green Bay (LPD-20) is an amphibious transport dock launched in 2006
USS Ashland (LSD-1) USS Casa Grande (LSD-13) USS Thomaston (LSD-28) USS Anchorage (LSD-36) USS Whidbey Island (LSD-41) USS Harper's Ferry (LSD-49) Further information: Dock landing ship The LSD came as a result of a British requirement during World War II for a vessel that could carry large landing craft across the seas at speed.
USS New Orleans (LPD-18) USS Green Bay (LPD-20) USS Rushmore (LSD-47) USS Ashland (LSD-48) Mine Countermeasure Squadron SEVEN; USS Patriot (MCM-7) USS Pioneer (MCM-9) USS Warrior (MCM-10) USS Chief (MCM-14) Naval Beach Unit SEVEN; Assault Craft Unit ONE, Detachment Western Pacific; Assault Craft Unit FIVE, Detachment Western Pacific
USS George Washington Carrier Strike Group underway in the Atlantic USS Constitution under sail for the first time in 116 years on 21 July 1997 The United States Navy has approximately 470 ships in both active service and the reserve fleet; of these approximately 50 ships are proposed or scheduled for retirement by 2028, while approximately 110 new ships are in either the planning and ordering ...