Beach in April 1991 after an extended deployment. Cayuga carried elements of the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit's (13th MEU) Battalion Landing Team 1/4. On 30 October 1990, Cayuga was its Marines were detached and sent to train with United Arab Emirates forces. At the end of October, the 13th MEU set out for its return to the United States. Brazilian Navy service Cayuga was decommissioned 26 August 1994 and leased to the Brazilian Navy. The vessel was recommissioned into the Brazilian Navy on 30 August and renamed NDCC Mattoso Maia (G 28), for Admiral Jorge do Paço Mattoso Maia, Minister of the Navy 1958–1961. On 19 September 2000 the ship was purchased outright by Brazil. On 23 July 2002, Cayuga was struck from the United States Naval Vessel Register. In popular culture In 1977, Cayuga is portrayed in the air disaster film Airport '77 by Jerry Jameson as involved in the rescueing of the passengers of the sunk Boeing 747. Notes Citations References External links Newport-class tank landing ships Ships built in San Diego 1969 ships Cold War amphibious warfare vessels of the United States Ships transferred from the United States Navy to the Brazilian Navy Amphibious warfare vessels of the Brazilian Navy Amphibious warfare vessels of Brazil