| Add a LPH-7 Shellback Initiation | Add a LPH-7 Deployment - Major Event |
| Month |
Year |
to |
Month |
Year |
Deployment / Event |
| JAN | 1963 | - | JAN | 1964 | Panama Canal |
| JUL | 1963 | - | JUL | 1963 | Commisioning |
| JAN | 1964 | - | MAR | 1964 | Panama Canal |
| FEB | 1964 | - | APR | 1964 | Panama Canal |
| SEP | 1964 | - | NOV | 1964 | Steel Pike 1 |
| JAN | 1965 | - | MAY | 1965 | Caribbean |
| JAN | 1965 | - | APR | 1965 | Caribbean |
| APR | 1965 | - | SEP | 1966 | Dominican Republic Crisis |
| JAN | 1966 | - | DEC | 1967 | Dry Dock |
| MAR | 1966 | - | JUL | 1966 | Caribbean |
| JUL | 1966 | - | | | Recovery Ship for Gemini 10 |
| OCT | 1966 | - | MAR | 1967 | Dry Dock |
| OCT | 1966 | - | OCT | 1966 | New York City ...Fleet Week |
| AUG | 1967 | - | JAN | 1968 | Caribbean |
| MAR | 1969 | - | MAR | 1969 | Primary recovery ship for the Apollo 9 |
| MAY | 1969 | - | SEP | 1969 | Caribbean |
| AUG | 1969 | - | SEP | 1969 | Hurricane Camille |
| SEP | 1969 | - | | | Shellback Initiation - 13 SEP 1969 - Atlantic Ocean |
| JAN | 1970 | - | MAY | 1970 | Caribbean |
| JUL | 1970 | - | AUG | 1970 | Northern Europe Midshipman Cruise |
| AUG | 1970 | - | OCT | 1970 | Caribbean |
| SEP | 1970 | - | DEC | 1970 | Sea Trials |
| OCT | 1970 | - | DEC | 1970 | Guantanamo Bay |
| JAN | 1971 | - | AUG | 1974 | Mediterranean |
| OCT | 1971 | - | NOV | 1971 | Mediterranean |
| FEB | 1972 | - | | | Shellback Initiation - 2 FEB 1972 - Atlantic Ocean |
| FEB | 1972 | - | AUG | 1972 | Mediterranean |
| FEB | 1972 | - | AUG | 1972 | BLT2/2 |
| MAR | 1972 | - | | | Shellback Initiation - 2 MAR 1972 - Atlantic Ocean |
| MAY | 1973 | - | NOV | 1973 | Mediterranean |
| MAY | 1973 | - | DEC | 1973 | Mediterranean |
| JUN | 1975 | - | JUL | 1975 | Guantanamo Bay |
| JUN | 1975 | - | JAN | 1976 | North Atlantic |
| JAN | 1976 | - | JUL | 1976 | Mediterranean-Lebanon |
| JAN | 1976 | - | JUL | 1976 | Guantanamo Bay |
| JAN | 1976 | - | JUL | 1976 | Mediterranean |
| MAR | 1976 | - | JUL | 1976 | Mediterranean |
| SEP | 1976 | - | NOV | 1976 | North Atlantic |
| DEC | 1976 | - | SEP | 1977 | Mediterranean-Lebanon |
| JAN | 1977 | - | MAR | 1977 | Caribbean |
| SEP | 1977 | - | SEP | 1977 | Mediterranean |
| JAN | 1978 | - | SEP | 1978 | North Atlantic |
| AUG | 1978 | - | NOV | 1978 | North Atlantic |
| MAR | 1979 | - | NOV | 1979 | Dry Dock |
| JAN | 1980 | - | FEB | 1980 | Guantanamo Bay |
| MAY | 1980 | - | NOV | 1980 | Mediterranean-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf |
| MAY | 1980 | - | NOV | 1980 | Mediterranean-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf |
| MAY | 1980 | - | NOV | 1980 | Mediterranean-Indian Ocean |
| JUL | 1980 | - | | | Shellback Initiation - 7 JUL 1980 - Indian Ocean |
| JUL | 1980 | - | | | Shellback Initiation - 25 JUL 1980 - Indian Ocean |
| MAY | 1981 | - | NOV | 1981 | Mediterranean |
| MAY | 1981 | - | NOV | 1981 | Mediterranean-Indian Ocean |
| FEB | 1982 | - | MAR | 1982 | Blue Nose - Arctic Circle |
| AUG | 1982 | - | OCT | 1982 | North Atlantic |
| JAN | 1983 | - | JUN | 1983 | Mediterranean-Lebanon |
| FEB | 1983 | - | | | Shellback Initiation - 24 FEB 1983 - Atlantic Ocean |
| OCT | 1983 | - | NOV | 1983 | Mediterranean |
| JAN | 1984 | - | JAN | 1985 | Mediterranean-Lebanon |
| JAN | 1985 | - | SEP | 1987 | Mediterranean-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf |
| NOV | 1985 | - | JUN | 1986 | Mediterranean |
| NOV | 1985 | - | JUN | 1986 | Mediterranean |
| MAY | 1987 | - | DEC | 1987 | Mediterranean-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf |
| JUL | 1987 | - | | | Shellback Initiation - 23 JUL 1987 - Indian Ocean |
| JUL | 1987 | - | | | Shellback Initiation - 23 JUL 1987 - Atlantic Ocean |
| JUL | 1987 | - | | | Shellback Initiation - 20 JUL 1987 - Indian Ocean |
| JUL | 1987 | - | | | Shellback Initiation - 20 JUL 1987 - Pacific Ocean |
| JUL | 1987 | - | | | Shellback Initiation - 20 JUL 1987 - Pacific Ocean |
| APR | 1988 | - | MAY | 1988 | Ocean Venture - Puerto Rico |
| OCT | 1988 | - | OCT | 1988 | Guantanamo Bay |
| NOV | 1988 | - | MAY | 1989 | Mediterranean |
| JAN | 1990 | - | OCT | 1994 | Desert Shield |
| JUL | 1990 | - | OCT | 1990 | Dry Dock |
| JAN | 1991 | - | FEB | 1991 | Desert Shield |
| JAN | 1991 | - | MAR | 1991 | Mediterranean |
| FEB | 1991 | - | MAR | 1991 | Desert Shield |
| FEB | 1991 | - | MAR | 1991 | Desert Shield |
| APR | 1991 | - | JUL | 1991 | Provide Comfort |
| JAN | 1992 | - | JAN | 1992 | Blue Nose - Arctic Circle |
| JAN | 1992 | - | MAR | 1992 | North Atlantic |
| MAY | 1992 | - | MAY | 1992 | FLEET WEEK 1992 - NEW YORK CITY |
| SEP | 1993 | - | NOV | 1993 | Somalia |
| OCT | 1993 | - | | | Shellback Initiation - 28 OCT 1993 - Indian Ocean |
| NOV | 1993 | - | | | Shellback Initiation - 11 NOV 1993 - Indian Ocean |
| JUN | 1994 | - | JUN | 1994 | Fleet Week New York City |
| AUG | 1994 | - | AUG | 1994 | Decommisioning |
| NOV | 1994 | - | | | Shellback Initiation - 15 NOV 1994 - Indian Ocean |
| JAN | 1997 | - | DEC | 2004 | Mediterranean-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf |
