150331-N-MB306-232 SAN DIEGO Commander, Expeditionary Strike Group Three, Rear Admiral Fernandez L. Ponds speaks during the amphibious assault ship USS Peleliu decommissioning ceremony. Peleliu will be towed from San Diego to Hawaii to join the reserve fleet. The ship will be placed in an inactive reserve status and moored alongside the class's namesake USS Tarawa at Pearl Harbor.