USS Pensacola (LSD-38)

USS Pensacola (LSD-38) was an Anchorage-class dock landing ship commissioned by the United States Navy on 27 March 1971. Designed to support amphibious operations, she carried and launched landing craft, vehicles, and Marines during numerous deployments, including operations in the Mediterranean, the Caribbean, and the Middle East. Pensacola played a key logistical role in exercises and real-world missions, notably supporting Operation Desert Storm in 1991. After nearly three decades of service, she was decommissioned on 30 September 1999 and later sold for scrap.