March 15, 1996: Bataan LHD-5 about to be launched (floated off) at Litton-Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp.
Pascagoula, Mississippi.

March 15, 1996: Bataan LHD-5 having been launched at Litton-Ingalls.

March 15, 1996: Bataan LHD-5 having been launched at Litton-Ingalls.

March 15, 1996: Bataan LHD-5 having been launched at Litton-Ingalls.

October 7, 1998: USS Bataan LHD-5 at Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico supporting Operation Fundamental Relief,
providing aide to the victims of Hurricane Georges.