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U.S.S. PORTLAND
(LSD-37)SWEET PEA
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The USS PORTLAND (LSD-37), an Anchorage-class dock landing ship, was commissioned on 3 OCT 1970. built Quincy, Mass. at the General Dynamics Shipyard, USS PORTLAND spent her career as an Atlantic fleet "Gator Freighter" deploying to the Caribbean, North and South Atlantic, Mediterranean and Indian Ocean. USS PORTLAND was in the Persian Gulf in during Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm in 1990-91 and then "surge" deployed in 2003 the Indian Ocean for Operation Enduring Freedom. USS PORTLAND served her country for 33 years, 10 months and 1 day, until decommissioned on 4 AUG 2004. After being laid up at the NISMF at Fort Eustis, VA, the Hulk of the USS PORTLAND was sunk as a target, 25 April 2004 approximately 300 mile off Cape Hatteras.
The USS PORTLAND (LSD-37) deployment history and significant events of her service career follow:
LSD-37 Deployments - Major Events
| Add a LSD-37 Shellback Initiation | Add a LSD-37 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
| Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JAN | 1972 | - | MAY | 1976 | Mediterranean-Indian Ocean |
| FEB | 1972 | - | APR | 1972 | Guantanamo Bay |
| FEB | 1972 | - | APR | 1972 | South America |
| FEB | 1972 | - | MAR | 1972 | Caribbean |
| AUG | 1972 | - | OCT | 1972 | Blue Nose - Arctic Circle |
| OCT | 1972 | - | OCT | 1972 | North Atlantic |
| OCT | 1972 | - | DEC | 1972 | Blue Nose - Arctic Circle |
| OCT | 1972 | - | Shellback Initiation - 1 OCT 1972 - Atlantic Ocean | ||
| JAN | 1973 | - | JUL | 1973 | Mediterranean |
| JAN | 1973 | - | JUL | 1973 | Mediterranean-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf |
| FEB | 1973 | - | Shellback Initiation - 13 FEB 1973 - Pacific Ocean | ||
| FEB | 1973 | - | Shellback Initiation - 13 FEB 1973 - Atlantic Ocean | ||
| SEP | 1973 | - | OCT | 1973 | Caribbean |
| MAY | 1975 | - | JAN | 1976 | Dry Dock |
| JUN | 1976 | - | AUG | 1976 | Dry Dock |
| JUN | 1976 | - | DEC | 1976 | Mediterranean-Lebanon |
| JUN | 1976 | - | DEC | 1976 | Mediterranean |
| JAN | 1977 | - | JAN | 1977 | Guantanamo Bay |
| SEP | 1977 | - | MAR | 1978 | Mediterranean |
| JAN | 1978 | - | JUN | 1978 | granada |
| JAN | 1978 | - | JAN | 1978 | Grenada |
| AUG | 1978 | - | NOV | 1978 | North Atlantic |
| AUG | 1979 | - | SEP | 1979 | Caribbean |
| OCT | 1979 | - | NOV | 1980 | Dry Dock |
| OCT | 1979 | - | NOV | 1980 | Regular Overhaul |
| MAY | 1981 | - | NOV | 1981 | Mediterranean |
| MAY | 1981 | - | JUL | 1981 | Mediterranean |
| MAY | 1981 | - | NOV | 1981 | Mediterranean |
| JUN | 1981 | - | NOV | 1981 | Mediterranean |
| SEP | 1981 | - | Shellback Initiation - 18 SEP 1981 - Atlantic Ocean | ||
| JAN | 1982 | - | JUN | 1982 | Caribbean |
| JUN | 1982 | - | Shellback Initiation - 5 JUN 1982 - Atlantic Ocean | ||
| JUN | 1982 | - | JAN | 1983 | UNITAS |
| AUG | 1982 | - | Shellback Initiation - 11 AUG 1982 - Atlantic Ocean | ||
| AUG | 1982 | - | Shellback Initiation - 16 AUG 1982 - Atlantic Ocean | ||
| MAY | 1983 | - | DEC | 1983 | Mediterranean-Lebanon |
| MAY | 1985 | - | NOV | 1985 | Dry Dock |
| APR | 1986 | - | NOV | 1986 | Mediterranean |
| DEC | 1987 | - | APR | 1988 | Mine Sweeper Support |
| MAY | 1988 | - | SEP | 1988 | Drug Interdiction Support / Great Britian |
| OCT | 1989 | - | MAR | 1990 | Mediterranean |
| OCT | 1989 | - | JUL | 1992 | Desert Shield |
| JAN | 1990 | - | APR | 1991 | Desert Shield |
| AUG | 1990 | - | APR | 1991 | Desert Shield |
| OCT | 1990 | - | APR | 1991 | Mediterranean |
| OCT | 1990 | - | APR | 1991 | Mediterranean |
| APR | 1991 | - | APR | 1991 | Dependents Cruise |
| JUL | 1992 | - | Shellback Initiation - 18 JUL 1992 - Atlantic Ocean | ||
| JAN | 1994 | - | JUN | 1994 | Mediterranean-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf |
| FEB | 1994 | - | MAR | 1994 | Somalia |
| MAR | 1994 | - | Shellback Initiation - 25 MAR 1994 - Indian Ocean | ||
| JUL | 1994 | - | SEP | 1994 | Caribbean |
| JAN | 1996 | - | AUG | 1996 | Mediterranean |
| JAN | 1997 | - | JAN | 1998 | Mediterranean |
| MAR | 1998 | - | AUG | 1998 | Mediterranean |
| JAN | 2000 | - | JAN | 2002 | Mediterranean |
| SEP | 2000 | - | SEP | 2001 | Mediterranean |
| SEP | 2001 | - | AUG | 2002 | Mediterranean-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf |
| NOV | 2001 | - | JUN | 2002 | Mediterranean |
| MAY | 2002 | - | DEC | 2002 | UNITAS |
| JUN | 2002 | - | DEC | 2002 | UNITAS |
| AUG | 2002 | - | DEC | 2002 | UNITAS |
| NOV | 2002 | - | Shellback Initiation - 19 NOV 2002 - Atlantic Ocean | ||
| JAN | 2003 | - | MAR | 2003 | Persian Gulf |