The USS PELELIU is taking United Through Reading along with them as they deploy this week. Thanks to CBS8 for this great story.
San Diego, California News Station – KFMB Channel 8 – cbs8.com
SAN DIEGO (CNS) – The amphibious assault ship USS Peleliu left San Diego this morning for a naval exercise and deployment to the Western Pacific and Indian oceans.
Peleliu and its crew of around 1,050 sailors will participate in the multinational maritime exercise known as RIMPAC — for Rim of the Pacific — as the command ship for an expeditionary strike group. A group of Marines will also be embarked on the ship.