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| Name | Nassau |
| Namesake | USS Nassau (CVE-16) |
| Awarded | 6 November 1970 |
| Builder | Ingalls Shipbuilding |
| Laid down | 13 August 1973 |
| Launched | 21 January 1978 |
| Commissioned | 28 July 1979 |
| Decommissioned | 31 March 2011 |
| Renamed | from Leyte Gulf |
| Homeport | Norfolk |
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| Honors and awards | Awarded first Battle "E" November 1983 |
| Fate | Scrapped 30 April 2021 |
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| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Tarawa-class amphibious assault ship |
| Tonnage | 25,884 tons |
| Displacement | 39,300 tons |
| Length | 833.34 ft (254.00 m) |
| Beam | 106.6 ft (32.5 m) |
| Draft | 26.25 ft (8.00 m) |
| Propulsion | Steam turbine |
| Speed | 24 knots (44 km/h; 28 mph)) |
| Troops | 1,900+ Marines |
| Complement | 82 officers, 882 enlisted men |
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USS Nassau (LHA-4) was a Tarawa-class amphibious assault ship. When active, she was capable of transporting more than 3,000 United States Navy and United States Marine Corps personnel. Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Mississippi, laid the ship's keel on 13 August 1973; she was commissioned on 28 July 1979.[1] She was decommissioned on 31 March 2011.[2]
- ^ Pankau, Jonathan (29 July 2009). "USS Nassau Celebrates Birthday in Style". Military.com. Archived from the original on 6 June 2011.
- ^ McMichael, William H. (31 March 2011). "Nassau decommissioned after 32 years of service". Navy Times. Retrieved 2 April 2011.