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USS ''Cleveland'' (LPD-7), an ''Austin''-class amphibious transport dock, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for the city in Ohio. Her keel was laid down at Ingalls Shipbuilding of Pascagoula, Mississippi. She was launched on 7 May 1966, and was commissioned on 21 April 1967 at Norfolk, Virginia. At the time of decommissioning, she was the third-oldest commissioned ship in the US Navy, behind ("Old Ironsides") and . After commissioning, ''Cleveland'' changed homeport to San Diego, California, to become a member of the Pacific Fleet's Amphibious Force. ''Cleveland'' divided her time between operations in the Eastern Pacific and extended deployments to the Western Pacific. ''Cleveland'' was normally assigned as part of an Amphibious Readiness Group (ARG) and, with her embarked Marines and other forces, performed a wide variety of missions. ==1960s to 1980s== ''Cleveland'' first saw action during the Tet Offensive in 1968. After the Vietnam War cease-fire in January 1973, ''Cleveland'' joined Task Force 78 in the mine-clearing effort of Haiphong Harbor and Operation End Sweep. ''Cleveland'' then began a series of seven Western Pacific deployments between 1974 and 1985. In 1978, portions of the film ''Inchon'' was filmed during a practice amphibious assault off the coast of Korea. This is referenced in the ship's logs of 1978.〔(OPNAV Report 5750-1 ), p. 5.〕 Assigned duties as Third Fleet flagship from January through November 1988, ''Cleveland'' once again demonstrated the flexibility and professionalism that became her hallmark. ''Cleveland'' then briefly shifted focus to environmental protection when she deployed to Prince William Sound, Alaska, in support of oil spill cleanup efforts associated with the ''Exxon Valdez'' disaster. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「USS Cleveland (LPD-7)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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