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US Navy - Amphibious Assault Ship LHD 5 - USS Bataan |
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Type,
class: Amphibious Assault Ship (multi purpose);
Wasp
class Builder: Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi, USA STATUS: Awarded: December 20, 1991 Laid down: June 22, 1994 Launched: March 15, 1996 Christening: May 18, 1996 Commissioned: September 20, 1997 IN SERVICE Homeport: Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia Namesake: the defense of the Bataan Peninsula (Philippines) in WWII Ships Motto: COURAGE - COMMITMENT - HONOR Technical Data: see: INFO > Wasp class Amphibious Assault Ship - LHD |
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Deployments and Major Maintenance Periods: September 1999 - March 2000 with 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit - SOC (MEU/SOC) and HMM-261(REIN) embarked - Mediterranean Sea September 2001 - April 2002 with 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit - SOC (MEU/SOC) and HMM-365(REIN) embarked - Mediterranean Sea, Arabian Sea January 2003 - June 2003 with 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade and VMA-223, VMA-542, HMH-464 (Det), HC-6 embarked - Mediterranean Sea, Persian Gulf January 2004 - March 2004 transferring 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force (2nd MEF),HMM-261 and HMLA-167 (Det) to the Persian Gulf July 2005 - September 2005 with HM-14 and HM-15 embarked - Caribbean Sea January 2007 - July 2007 with 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit - SOC (MEU/SOC) and HMM-264(REIN) embarked - 5th Fleet / CENTCOM AOR May 2009 - December 2009 with 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit - SOC (MEU/SOC) and VMM-263(REIN) embarked - Mediterranean Sea, Persian Gulf January 2010 - April 2010 with 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit - SOC (MEU/SOC) and HMH-461(REIN) embarked - Operation Unified Response off Haiti March 2011 - February 2012 with 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit - SOC (MEU/SOC) and VMM-263(REIN) embarked - Mediterranean Sea, Arabian Sea February 2014 - October 2014 with 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit - SOC (MEU/SOC) and VMM-263(REIN) embarked - Mediterranean Sea, 5th Fleet AOR January 2015 - February 2016: Docking Phased Maintenance Availability (DPMA) at BAE Systems Norfolk Ship Repair, Virginia March 2017 - September 2017 with 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit - SOC (MEU/SOC) and VMM-365(REIN) embarked - Mediterranean Sea, 5th Fleet AOR November 2017 - February 2019: Phased Maintenance Availability (PMA) at BAE Systems Norfolk Ship Repair, Virginia December 2019 - July 2020 with 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit - SOC (MEU/SOC) and VMM-365(REIN) embarked - Mediterranean Sea, 5th Fleet AOR October 2020 - October 2021: Selected Restricted Availability (SRA) at General Dynamics NASSCO shipyard, Norfolk July 2023 - ?? with 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit - SOC (MEU/SOC) and VMM-162(REIN) embarked - Mediterranean Sea, 5th Fleet AOR |
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 with VMM-162(REIN) embarked - Red Sea - August 2023  with VMM-162(REIN) embarked - Red Sea - August 2023  with VMM-162(REIN) embarked - Red Sea - August 2023  with VMM-162(REIN) embarked - Suez Canal - August 2023  with VMM-162(REIN) embarked - Mediterranean Sea - August 2023  with VMM-162(REIN) embarked - departing Naval Support Activity Souda Bay, Crete, Greece - August 2023  with VMM-162(REIN) embarked - Naval Support Activity Souda Bay, Crete, Greece - August 2023  with VMM-162(REIN) embarked - Naval Support Activity Souda Bay, Crete, Greece - August 2023  armament details - Naval Support Activity Souda Bay, Crete, Greece - August 2023  with VMM-162(REIN) embarked - Atlantic Ocean - July 2023  with VMM-162(REIN) embarked - Atlantic Ocean - July 2023  departing Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia - July 10, 2023  departing Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia - July 10, 2023  with VMM-162(REIN) embarked - Atlantic Ocean - June 2023  with VMM-162(REIN) embarked - COMPTUEX - Atlantic Ocean - May 2023  with VMM-162(REIN) embarked - COMPTUEX - Atlantic Ocean - May 2023  with VMM-162(REIN) embarked - ARG/MEUEX - Atlantic Ocean - April 2023  with VMM-162(REIN) embarked - ARG/MEUEX - Atlantic Ocean - April 2023  helm - Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia - March 2023  well deck operations - Atlantic Ocean - January 2023  well deck operations - Atlantic Ocean - December 2022  Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia - June 2022  Fleet Week New York - May 2022  Fleet Week New York - May 2022  Fleet Week New York - May 2022  Fleet Week New York - May 2022  Fleet Week New York - May 2022  returning to Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia after trials - January 20, 2022  transferring (by tugs) from General Dynamics NASSCO to Naval Station Norfolk after Selected Restricted Availability (SRA) - October 26, 2021  transferring (by tugs) from General Dynamics NASSCO to Naval Station Norfolk after Selected Restricted Availability (SRA) - October 26, 2021 October 2020 - October 2021: Selected Restricted Availability (SRA) at General Dynamics NASSCO shipyard, Norfolk > continue > LHD-5 image page 2 < |
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USS Bataan (LHD 5): 2001 to 2003: Operation Enduring Freedom The USS Bataan Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) were the first ships to respond after the 11 September 2001 attacks. The ship was home on leave during the attack and was scheduled to be deployed on 19 September 2001. The crew was called back from early leave and the ship headed for New York Harbor, as she is capable of acting as a 600-bed hospital ship with surgical suites on board. Once it was determined there were few survivors, Bataan returned to Norfolk, Virginia. The ship's crew prepared and onloaded the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit with gear both pierside in Norfolk, and off the coast of North Carolina from Cherry Point and Camp Lejeune. The Bataan ARG delivered more than 2,500 Marines and their equipment to Pakistan with the aim to enter Afghanistan, thus opening Operation Enduring Freedom. The Bataan ARG stayed on station off the coast of Pakistan and completed the longest sustained amphibious assault in U.S. history with sailors not touching ground for over four months. 2003 to 2007: The Iraq War Bataan was one of many vessels in the Middle East region at the beginning of the Iraq War on or about 20 March 2003. After delivering her attack and transport helicopters, troops, and vehicles she was employed as a "Harrier Carrier" with primary duties supporting two Marine AV-8B Harrier II squadrons along with USS Bonhomme Richard. She has made two deployments to the region since the invasion. For her third deployment, she joined the Fifth Fleet in the Gulf region, transiting the Suez Canal into the Red Sea on 30 January 2007. 2005: Hurricane Katrina Bataan provided relief to the victims of Hurricane Katrina. She was positioned near New Orleans prior to Katrina making landfall on 29 August, and began relief operations the following day. The ship's helicopters were among the first to provide damage assessment. They went on to transport over 1,600 displaced persons. Bataan delivered more than 100,000 pounds (45,000 kg) of cargo and 8,000 U.S. gallons (30,000 liters) of fresh water to the area. The ship served as a base for two fly-away medical teams, consisting of 84 medical professionals, who provided emergency medical care in New Orleans. 2005: Evaluation of MV-22B Osprey Bataan served as a naval testbed for evaluation of the MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft in September 2005. This work included OPEVAL II operational and live fire tests and was accomplished with eight Ospreys. In 2009, Bataan became the first Navy ship to host an operational squadron of V-22 rotorcraft when she embarked ten Ospreys of the VMM-263. 2008: Hurricane Gustav Early in September 2008, Bataan participated in the HURREX exercise where the U.S. Second Fleet directed tests designed to evaluate the ship's ability to respond to humanitarian assistance and disaster relief needs during the 2008 hurricane season. She was ordered to be prepared to deploy in the event that the Navy is directed to provide assistance to civilian authorities after Hurricane Gustav came ashore. 2008: Use as a prison ship In June 2008, the UK-based human rights organization Reprieve issued a report that listed Bataan as one of up to 17 ships they believed were used to imprison terrorism suspects. On 2 June 2008, The Guardian reported that "The US has admitted that Bataan and Peleliu were used as prison ships between December 2001 and January 2002". 2010: Haiti earthquake On 13 January 2010, Bataan was ordered to assist in the humanitarian relief efforts following the 2010 Haiti earthquake. She was deployed to Grand-Goâve and returned home 1 April 2010. 2011: Libya and Italy On 23 March 2011, Bataan was deployed to Italy to assist in enforcing the no-fly zone over Libya. 2014: Air Campaign in Iraq During the 2014 air campaign against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, AV-8B Harriers from Bataan participated in reconnaissance missions and at least one air strike, including the first use of Marine Corps ordnance against an ISIS-controlled target. 2016: Mark VI patrol boat operations In May 2016, Bataan conducted well deck operations with the Mark VI patrol boat, demonstrating the capability to launch and dock the 85 ft patrol boat with an amphibious assault ship. This was the first time the Mark VI operated out of an LHD and the second time it operated out of a well deck overall. 2020: Iran's Increasing threat and tensions After killing Iranian Major General Qasem Soleimani of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), commander of the Quds Force, which is designated a terrorist organization by the United States, the Bataan was retasked to head to the Middle East to be on standby for operations. 2022 On 19 January 2022, Bataan completed a sixteen-month maintenance at Norfolk. 2023 Deployment: USS Bataan departed Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia on July 10, 2023 with 26th MEU(SOC) and VMM-162(REIN) embarked for a deployment in the Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea and 5th Fleet AOR. source: wikipedia + US DoD - - - - - another history: USS Bataan was commissioned Sept. 20, 1997. Bataan is the fifth ship in the Wasp-class of U.S. Navy multipurpose amphibious assault ships. The mission of Bataan is to enable the Navy and Marine Corps team to accomplish a seamless transition from the sea to a land battle, as the lead ship and centerpiece of an amphibious readiness group (ARG). A multi-mission ARG is capable of amphibious assault, advance force, and special purpose operations, as well as non-combatant evacuation and other humanitarian assistance missions. Bataan, homeported in Norfolk, Virginia., made its maiden voyage during a Mediterranean deployment in September 1999. From Sept. 19, 2001 to April 2002, Bataan deployed to the Mediterranean, North Arabian Sea, and Persian Gulf to participate in Operation Bright Star and Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). During OEF, the ship set numerous records such as; 118 consecutive days off the coast of Pakistan while the 26th MEU embarked on Bataan, marched nearly 700 nautical miles into Afghanistan in support of the War on Terrorism. Nine months later, from January to June 2003, the ship deployed again, as part of Amphibious Task Force East. During the six-month deployment, Bataan along with USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) carried 24 AV-8B Harriers, becoming one of Task Force 51’s “Harrier Carriers,” launching air strikes and close air support missions during the major combat phase of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). Just six months later, from January to March 2004, the ship deployed for the third time in 28 months, in support of OIF troop rotation. In 2005, Bataan was called upon to support Joint Task Force Katrina search, rescue and relief efforts in the New Orleans, Louisiana, and Gulfport and Biloxi, Mississippi, areas. Bataan as the first Navy ship on scene Aug. 30, after Katrina, a category-4 hurricane, made landfall the previous day. Bataan spent 19 days supporting the relief efforts by moving more than 1,600 people to safety and delivering more than 160,000 pounds of supplies to the Gulf Coast states. Bataan made regularly scheduled deployments to the U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet areas of responsibilities in 2007 and 2009 to support maritime security operations. Thirty four days after Bataan’s return from her deployment in December 2009, the ship and crew were underway again to provide humanitarian assistance and disaster relief support to Operation Unified Response in Haiti after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake devastated the island nation. Bataan's Navy/Marine Corps Team delivered and transported more than 1,000 pallets of relief supplies ashore and treating close to 1,000 Haitians both aboard Bataan in the ship’s medical facility and working side-by-side with local and volunteer physicians at clinics throughout Haiti. In 2011, Bataan deployed three months ahead of their original schedule to complete a 10-and-a-half-month deployment in support of Operation Odyssey Dawn, OEF and OIF in the 5th and 6th Fleet Areas of Responsibility. The 2011-2012 deployment is marked as the longest deployment by a U.S. Navy ship since 1973. In February 2014, Bataan deployed on a regularly scheduled deployment as the flagship of the Bataan ARG with the 22nd MEU to conduct maritime security operations, crisis response, theater security cooperation and provide a forward naval presence in the U.S. Navy’s 5th and 6th Fleet areas of operation. During this deployment Bataan was involved in two rescues-at-sea; rescuing two Turkish mariners from their sinking cargo ship in the Aegean Sea, and rescuing 282 migrants in the Mediterranean Sea after their small vessel sank. Also, during this deployment the Bataan and the 22nd MEU supported an assessment of humanitarian options in support of displaced Iraqi civilians trapped on Sinjar Mountain by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. From March to September 2017, Bataan completed a regularly scheduled deployment as the flagship of the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group along with the embarked 24th MEU. While deployed to the U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet area of operations the ARG and MEU participated in exercises; Spanish Amphibious, Eager Lion and Alligator Dagger in support of maritime security operations designed to reassure allies and partners, and preserve the freedom of navigation and the free flow of commerce in the region. US Navy |
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Battle of Bataan: USS BATAAN memorializes the valiant resistance of American and Filipino troops on the Bataan Peninsula in the dawning days of World War II. Fighting on the Philippine Islands of Luzon and Corregidor began just 10 short hours after the raid on Pearl Harbor. After weeks of Japanese air raids and beach landings on the north of Luzon, General Douglas MacArthur ordered withdrawal from the fortified north to the narrow jungle peninsula December 23, 1941. There, combined Army, Navy, Marine Corps and American-trained Filipino forces opposed teeming Japanese aggressors. Despite rampant disease, malnutrition, insufficient supplies and ammunition, the “Battling Bastards of Bataan” defended the peninsula until April 16, 1942. Corregidor fell shortly after on May 6, 1942. During combat, some units absorbed as high as 80 percent casualties. Tens of thousands of American service members died either in battle or during the unconscionable “Bataan Death March.” The 65-mile “Death March” alone claimed the lives of more than 21,000 allies in less than a week and is marked as one of the greatest tragedies of World War II. Those who survived the march faced starvation and disease aboard “hell ships” during transportation and later in prison camps until Japan's formal surrender in 1945. Two of every three Americans who defended Bataan and Corregidor never returned home. Bataan was the last American stronghold in the Pacific theater to fall until MacArthur fulfilled his famed prophecy, “I shall return,” by reconquering the Philippine Islands two-and-one-half years later. The battle of Bataan and ensuing “Death March” are widely regarded as one of the greatest examples of allied courage, endurance and sacrifice in the history of military conflict. |
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