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USS ''Fresno'' was the 4th ship in the ''Newport'' class tank landing ships. ''Fresno'' was named for a city and county in California. She was laid down on 16 December 1967 at San Diego, California, by the National Steel & Shipbuilding Company; launched on 28 September 1968; sponsored by Mrs. Marilyn Hyde (wife of the mayor of Fresno); and commissioned on 22 November 1969 with Commander Stanislaus J. Sowinski in command. Assigned to the Amphibious Force, Pacific Fleet, and homeported at San Diego, California, ''Fresno'' alternated amphibious training operations along the west coast of the United States with regular, extended deployments to the western Pacific. She continued this regimen into 1990. ''Fresno'' saw extensive service during the latter stages of the Vietnam War. ''Fresno'' was decommissioned in 1993 and berthed at the Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility (NISMF), Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. In 2009, along with , ''Fresno'' was reported to be sold to the Peruvian Navy. However, this Foreign Military Sales (FMS) case was never executed and the ship remained under the control of the U.S. Navy following its decommissioning. On 14 July 2014, ex-''Fresno'' was in the NAVSEA inactive ship inventory at Pearl Harbor, and was slated for disposal by experimental use. The ship was declared ready for disposal in March 2014.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Inactive Ship Inventory )〕 As of 25 August 2014, ex-''Fresno'' was no longer in the NAVSEA inactive ship inventory.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Inactive Ship Inventory )〕 On 15 September 2014, ex-''Fresno'' was sunk by ships and aircraft at 3:15 p.m. in waters deep, northeast of Guam as part of the Exercise Valiant Shield 2014. ==Awards== ''Fresno'' earned the Vietnam Service Medal and two engagement stars for Vietnam service.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= LST-1182 Final determination )〕 ''Fresno'' and her crew also earned the Navy E Ribbon in the mid-1970s.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= The official U.S. Navy awards site )〕 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 Fresno (LST-1182)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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