Editing USS Peleliu (section)

===1990s===
''Peleliu'' deployed again to the Western Pacific in January 1990. The ship, along with her [[Amphibious Ready Group]] (ARG), participated in multinational exercises including Exercise Team Spirit with forces from the [[Republic of Korea]], and Exercise Cobra Gold, in Thailand. ''Peleliu'' returned home to [[Naval Station Long Beach]] in July and later that summer entered the shipyard for an availability period that was scheduled to last nearly a year. The U.S. response to the [[Invasion of Kuwait|Iraqi invasion of Kuwait]] in August 1990 curtailed the shipyard availability and forced ''Peleliu'' into an accelerated schedule of pre-deployment training, but she did not deploy for [[Operation Desert Shield]]/[[Operation Desert Storm|Desert Storm]]. She eventually departed Long Beach in May 1991, in support of ongoing U.S. operations in the Middle East. In June 1991, while en route to the Persian Gulf, she was diverted from a scheduled port call in [[Hong Kong]] to the [[Philippines]], where she participated in the evacuation of the Americans from the Naval Base Subic Bay following the [[volcanic eruption]] of Mount Pinatubo. This evacuation included taking most of the patients from the maternity ward at the Subic Bay naval hospital, and hence there were several births on board. This eruption was one of the largest of the past 100 years and covered a large region of the Philippines in [[volcanic ash]] and caused extensive damage to American military bases in the area, including Naval Station Subic Bay, [[Naval Air Station Cubi Point]], and [[Clark Air Force Base]].

On returning to her home port at [[Long Beach Naval Shipyard]], ''Peleliu'' went through an extensive shipyard rehabilitation, including time in the dry dock. She was again underway by May 1992 and going through workups and inspections for her next Western Pacific (WESTPAC) deployment on 21 January 1994. She changed home ports to [[Naval Station San Diego]] during this time period. On deploying with the [[11th Marine Expeditionary Unit]], and following stops in Pearl Harbor and [[Singapore]], she steamed for [[Mogadishu, Somalia]] to participate in [[Operation Continue Hope]] and [[Operation Quick Draw]]. She arrived on station around 3 March 1994 and spent the next three months supporting operations in the area. VIP visits included [[Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff]] General [[John Shalikashvili]], COMPHIBGRU THREE, Rear Admiral James B. Perkins III, and CJTF Major General Thomas M. Montgomery, U.S. Army and Brig. General Vercauteren, USMC. While off the coast of Mombasa, she participated in [[Operation Distant Runner]] at the border of [[Rwanda]] and [[Burundi]]. Medical and Dental Civic Action Programs(MEDCAP, DENCAP) were performed in the villages of Kipini and Witu, Kenya, providing medical and dental services to local civilians. Leaving Somalia on 4 June 1994, she steamed to [[Perth]], Australia for a port visit. On 30 June 1994, ''Peleliu'' slowed her pace home and along with ship's company, Marines of [[2nd Battalion 5th Marines]], paused to honor the fallen off the coast of her name sake [[Peleliu]], where 50 years earlier the Marines of the [[1st Marine Division (United States)|1st Marine Division]] suffered 6,526 casualties with 1,256 killed in action against 10,138 Japanese defenders of which very few were taken alive in the [[Battle of Peleliu]].<ref>USS Peleliu 1994 WESTPAC Cruise book</ref>

''Peleliu'' again deployed to the Western Pacifice and to the Persian Gulf in November 1995. The 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit/Special Operations Capable, partially comprising aviation units from the Third Marine Aircraft Wing, (HMM-268 REIN) embarked on board ''Peleliu''. The ship eventually arrived in the Persian Gulf in support Operation Southern Watch. ''Peleliu'' made port calls at Pearl Harbor, Okinawa, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Phuket.{{citation needed|date=November 2023}}

''Peleliu'' was deployed to East Timor as part of the Australian-led [[INTERFET]] peacekeeping [[task force]] from 26 October to 27 November 1999.<ref>{{cite book |last=Stevens |first=David |title=Strength Through Diversity: The combined naval role in Operation Stabilise |series=Working Papers |volume=20 |year=2007 |publisher=Sea Power Centre – Australia |location=Canberra |isbn=978-0-642-29676-4 |issn=1834-7231 |url=http://www.navy.gov.au/w/images/Working_Paper_20.pdf |access-date=6 September 2010 |page=14 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120910150114/http://www.navy.gov.au/w/images/Working_Paper_20.pdf |archive-date=10 September 2012 }}</ref>