USS Peleliu (LHA-5) is a Tarawa-class amphibious assault ship of the United States Navy, named for the Battle of Peleliu of World War II.

LHA-5 General Specifications. Class: Tarawa-class amphibious assault ship. Named for: Battle of Peleliu. Complement: 262 Officers and 2543 Enlisted. Displacement: 39438 tons. Length: 820 feet . Beam: 106.6 feet . Flank Speed: 24 knots

Peleliu (LHA-5) 1980–2015 Battle in World War II; named to commemorate the valor of the Navy’s III Amphibious Force in the assault and capture of Peleliu, the southernmost island of the Palau...

USS Peleliu (LHA 5): The contract to build LHA-5 was awarded on Nov 6, 1970. Peleliu's keel was laid Nov. 12, 1976, and the ship was launched Nov. 11, 1978. She was christened on Jan. 6, 1979, by Margaret Hayward, wife of former Chief of Naval Operations, Adm. Thomas B. Hayward.

USS PELELIU was the final ship in the TARAWA class of amphibious assault ships. Initially named DA NANG but commissioned as PELELIU, she was the first ship to bear the name of the island and the second ship named in honor of the battles fought in the Palau Islands.

The US Navy has decommissioned USS Peleliu (LHA 5), the last of five Tarawa class big deck amphibious carriers. The assault ship, nicknamed ‘Iron Nickel’, deployed 17 times and steamed more than a million nautical miles during 35 years’ service, including roles in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom, where she was the ...

LHA 5 is the first U.S. Navy ship to carry the name Peleliu, and the second ship named in honor of the World War II battles fought in the Palau Islands. The first ship was USS Palau (CVE 122), a Commencement Bay Class aircraft carrier, which served from 1946 until being decommissioned in …