SAN DIEGO – Families eagerly greeted crewmembers as the amphibious assault ship USS Peleliu made a Christmas Eve homecoming to Naval Base San Diego after a six-month deployment in the western Pacific.
Relatives held signs as they waited for loved ones to disembark from the ship Wednesday.
It was the final homecoming for the Peleliu, which will be decommissioned in March.
USS Peleliu has been in service for 34 years, made 17 deployments and traveled more than a million miles.
The last Tarawa-class amphibious assault ship, it was named for a World War II battle.
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