USS El Paso (LKA-117)

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USS El Paso (AKA-117/LKA-117)
Career USN Jack
Laid down: 22 October 1968
Launched: 17 May 1969
Commissioned: 17 January 1970
Decommissioned: 21 April 1994
General Characteristics
Displacement: 8,368 tons(lt) 18,600 tons(fl)
Length: 575 ft 6 in
Beam: 82 ft
Draft: 25 ft 5 in
Complement: 50 officers, 592 enlisted
Boats: 18 landing craft
Armament: four twin 3"/50 dual purpose gun mounts

USS El Paso (AKA-117/LKA-117) was a Charleston class amphibious cargo ship named after the city of El Paso, Texas. She served as a commissioned ship for 24 years and 3 months.

She was laid down as AKA-117 at Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newport News, VA on October 22, 1968, and redesignated LKA-117 on 1 January 1969. She was launched on 17 May 1969, and commissioned on 17 January 1970.

El Paso was not involved in the Vietnam War.

In 1993 El Paso deployed to the Indian Ocean and Persian Gulf, and participated in Operation Restore Hope in Somalia.

She was decommissioned on 21 April 1994. As of 25 April 2003, she was berthed at the Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility in Philadelphia.

The ship earned several awards and campaign ribbons for her service.

There is no DANFS entry for the ship.

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Charleston-class amphibious cargo ship
Charleston | Durham | Mobile | St. Louis | El Paso

List of amphibious assault ships of the United States Navy
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