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U.S.S. EL PASO

(AKA-117)

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USS EL PASO (AKA-117 ) - a Charleston-class amphibious cargo ship

In Commission 1970 to 1994

AKA-117 Deployments - Major Events

Add a AKA-117 Shellback Initiation Add a AKA-117 Deployment - Major Event
Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
OCT1968-Keel Date: 22 OCT 1968
at Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. Newport News VA
MAY1969-Launch Date: 17 MAY 1969
JAN1970-JAN1971Commisioning
JAN1970-JAN1971Commisioning
JAN1970-NOV1970Mediterranean
JAN1970-Commissioned: 17 JAN 1970
JAN1970-NOV1970Mediterranean
JAN1971-JAN1973West Pac-Viet Nam
JAN1971-JAN1974West Pac
SEP1973-MAR1974Panama Canal
JAN1974-DEC1974Guantanamo Bay
NOV1975-MAY1976Mediterranean
NOV1976-MAY1977Mediterranean
NOV1979- Shellback Initiation - 5 NOV 1979 - Indian Ocean
NOV1979-Shellback Initiation - 5 NOV 1979 - Indian Ocean
JAN1980-JAN1984Mediterranean-Lebanon
AUG1980-FEB1981North Atlantic-Med-Indian Ocean
NOV1980-Shellback Initiation - 5 NOV 1980 - Indian Ocean
NOV1980- Shellback Initiation - 5 NOV 1980 - Indian Ocean
JAN1981-JAN1981Panama Canal
MAY1983-DEC1983Mediterranean-Lebanon
MAY1983-DEC1983Mediterranean-Lebanon
MAR1984-APR1984Blue Nose - Arctic Circle
SEP1986-NOV1986Blue Nose - Arctic Circle
MAR1988-AUG1988Mediterranean
OCT1988-NOV1988Operation Checkmate 7-88 Drug LEO
OCT1989-APR1990Mediterranean
JAN1991-JAN1992Mediterranean
JAN1993-JAN1993Somalia
MAR1993-SEP1993Somalia
MAR1993-Shellback Initiation - 23 MAR 1993 - Indian Ocean
JUN1993-Shellback Initiation - 17 JUN 1993 - Indian Ocean
APR1994-Decommissioned: 21 APR 1994

AKA-117 General Specifications

Class: Charleston-class amphibious cargo ship

Complement: 36 Officers and 375 Enlisted

Displacement: 8368 tons

Length: 575 feet 6 inches

Beam: 82 feet

Draft: 25 feet 5 in