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USS Ponce (LPD-15) Framed Ship PhotoUSS Ponce (LPD 15) was the twelfth and final ship of the Austin class of amphibious transport docks, commissioned July 10, 1971 and named for the city of Ponce, Puerto Rico. After more than three decades as a conventional amphib she was converted in 2012 to an Afloat Forward Staging Base the first ship of her kind, designed to support special operations, mine countermeasures, and counter piracy operations forward deployed in the U. S. 5th Fleet area

the "Black Knights

Her crew and embarked Marines stood ready to respond to crises ranging from combat operations to humanitarian assistance

Kitty Hawk conducted flight operations and stood ready for contingency response across the Western Pacific and Indian Ocean

deter aggression

As the fleet's Aegis air defense platform

And the double stitching on the neckline and sleeves add more durability to what is sure to be a favorite

USS Ranger (CVA-61) deployed in 1969-1970

Mediterranean

7th Fleet's on-station carrier for seventeen years

Ike and her air wing operated in the Red Sea as part of the multi-carrier force that flew thousands of sorties over Iraq and Kuwait

When she was decommissioned in 2009

and USS Enterprise patrolled them all