2.2K views · 22 shares | USS Tripoli 1981-82 Olongapo and Subic Bay memories Photos from the USS Tripoli (LPH 10) WestPac Cruise Book 1981-82 | TAGA GAPO KA BA? Olongapo and Subic Bay Memories | Facebook

48K views · 3.5K reactions | Watch as the amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli LHA-7 launches a surface-to-air Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile (ESSM) during a live-fire exercise in the Pacific on Saturday while conducting routine training in the Commander, U.S. Third Fleet area of operations. #NavyReadiness | U.S. Pacific Fleet | Facebook

Stephen Decatur Jr. was born in Maryland on January 5, 1779, and became one of America's most celebrated naval heroes. He joined the U.S. Navy at age 19 in 1798 and was promoted to captain at 25, making him the youngest person ever to reach that rank in Navy history. Decatur gained international fame in February 1804 when he led a daring nighttime raid into Tripoli harbor, where he and 75 sailors destroyed the captured USS Philadelphia by setting it ablaze. British Admiral Horatio Nelson praised

1.7K views · 61 reactions | The USS Tripoli has sailed into Sydney Harbour. The 1200-strong crew of the US navy's amphibious assault ship are visiting as part of routine operations in the Indo-Pacific. A number of tug boats were needed to bring the vessel into the Garden Island navy precinct. 7NEWS at 6pm. More local news: 7news.com.au/news/sydney #USSTripoli #7NEWS | 7NEWS Sydney | Facebook