A U.S. Navy Boeing Vertol CH-46D Sea Knight (BuNo 154001) assigned to the amphibious assault ship USS <i>Tripoli</i> (LPH-10) takes off from the attack transport USS <i>Mobile</i> (LKA-115), circa in 1972. The dock landing ship USS <i>Duluth</i> (LPD-6) is visible in the background. The ship were assigned to Amphibious Squadron 5 (PHIBRON 5) which was deployed to the Western Pacific, the Indian Ocean and Vietnam from 1 October 1971 to 8 August 1972.
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U.S. Navy photo <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.navysite.de/cruisebooks/lka115-72/052.htm">[1]</a> from the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.navysite.de/cruisebooks/lka115-72/index_004.htm">USS <i>Mobile</i> (LKA-115) 1971-1972 cruise book</a> available at <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://navysite.de/cruisebooks/index.html">Navysite.de</a>