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U.S.S. MOBILE

(AKA-115)

MIGHTY MO
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USS MOBILE (AKA-115 ) - a Charleston-class amphibious cargo ship

In Commission 1969 to 1994

AKA-115 Deployments - Major Events

Add a AKA-115 Shellback Initiation Add a AKA-115 Deployment - Major Event
Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
JUN1941-DEC1988West Pac
JAN1968-Keel Date: 15 JAN 1968
at Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. Newport News VA
OCT1968-Launch Date: 19 OCT 1968
JAN1969-NOV1970combat action ribbon
JUN1969-NOV1970West Pac-Viet Nam
SEP1969-Commissioned: 29 SEP 1969
JAN1970-JAN1972West Pac-Viet Nam
MAR1970-NOV1970West Pac-Viet Nam
MAR1970-NOV1970West Pac
APR1970-OCT1970West Pac-Viet Nam
MAY1970-NOV1970West Pac
JAN1971-DEC1971West Pac-Viet Nam
JAN1971-DEC1971Middle Pacific
FEB1971-SEP1972operation linebacker
MAR1971-SEP1973West Pac-Viet Nam
APR1971-AUG1971West Pac-Viet Nam
OCT1971-APR1972West Pac-Viet Nam
OCT1971-AUG1972West Pac-Viet Nam
OCT1971-NOV1971West Pac-Viet Nam
NOV1971- Shellback Initiation - 4 NOV 1971 - Pacific Ocean
NOV1971- Shellback Initiation - 4 NOV 1971 - Pacific Ocean
NOV1971- Shellback Initiation - 4 NOV 1971 - Pacific Ocean
NOV1971- Shellback Initiation - 4 NOV 1971 - Pacific Ocean
NOV1971-DEC1971West Pac-Viet Nam
NOV1971- Shellback Initiation - 7 NOV 1971 - Pacific Ocean
NOV1971-Shellback Initiation - 4 NOV 1971 - Pacific Ocean
JAN1972-JUN1972West Pac-Viet Nam
JAN1972-DEC1972West Pac
MAR1972-DEC1972West Pac-Viet Nam
MAR1972-JUL1972West Pac-Viet Nam
APR1972-MAY1972West Pac-Viet Nam
APR1972-JUN1973West Pac-Viet Nam
FEB1973-FEB1974West Pac-Viet Nam
APR1973-NOV1974West Pac
JAN1975-JUL1975West Pac-Viet Nam
JAN1975-JUL1975West Pac-Viet Nam
MAR1975-SEP1975West Pac-Viet Nam
SEP1977-APR1978West Pac
JAN1980-JAN1981Panama Canal
JAN1980-JUL1980West Pac-Indian Ocean
APR1980-Shellback Initiation - 16 APR 1980 - Indian Ocean
JAN1981-JAN1983West Pac
JUN1984-NOV1984West Pac
AUG1984-Shellback Initiation - 27 AUG 1984 - Pacific Ocean
AUG1984-Shellback Initiation - 27 AUG 1984 - Indian Ocean
JAN1986-JUL1986West Pac
APR1986- Shellback Initiation - 28 APR 1986 - Pacific Ocean
JAN1988-JUL1988West Pac
DEC1990-SEP1991Desert Shield / Storm
FEB1991-JUN1991Mediterranean-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf
AUG1991-Shellback Initiation - 2 AUG 1991 - Indian Ocean
FEB1994-Decommissioned: 25 FEB 1994

AKA-115 General Specifications

Class: Charleston-class amphibious cargo ship

Complement: 50 Officers and 592 Enlisted

Displacement: 8368 tons

Length: 575 feet 6 inches

Beam: 82 feet

Draft: 25 feet 5 in



USS MOBILE (AKA-115)



The fourth Mobile (AKA-115) was assigned that name 6 November 1967 and laid down at the Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co. Newport News Va. 15 January 1968. Still under construction she is scheduled to be completed in early spring 1969.


Mobile was reclassified LKA-115 on 1/1/1969.

[Note: The above USS MOBILE (AKA-115) history may or may not contain text provided by crew members of the USS MOBILE (AKA-115) or by other non-crew members and text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships]

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[Note: The above USS MOBILE (AKA-115) history may or may not contain text provided by crew members of the USS MOBILE (AKA-115) or by other non-crew members and text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships]