September 20th, 1997 – USS Bataan (LHD 5) is commissioned at Pascagoula, Miss. The Wasp-class amphibious assault ship is homeported at Norfolk, Va. It is the second US Navy ship named in remembrance of the valiant resistance of American and Filipino troops on the Bataan Peninsula in the dawning days of World War II

John Currin (JC) posted September 20th, 1997 – USS Bataan (LHD 5) is commissioned at Pascagoula, Miss. The Wasp-class amphibious assault ship is homeported at Norfolk, Va. It is the second US Navy ship named in remembrance of the valiant resistance of American and Filipino troops on the Bataan Peninsula in the dawning days of World War II https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-qbJHBlma8Vc/V-FyddTMrgI/AAAAAAAAYrA/MqkfEpRAbf0ja-V2t4Ojbpz3UvzXLqJ5wCJoC/4434313f-b1aa-424c-9c5e-06a238fd0231?imgmax=1024

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