The U.S. Navy amphibious assault ship USS "Peleliu" (LHA-5) underway off Australia, in 1982. "Peleliu" participated in exercise "Freedom Pennant ’82", a joint exercise held in the southeast Indian Ocean at the Australian Army’s Lancelin gunfire range 200 km north of Perth in Western Australia. "Freedom Pennant" involved more than 5,000 sailors and marines from the "Peleliu", USS "Cleveland" (LPD-7), and USS "Peoria" (LST-1183).