Nashville various assignments have included four Caribbean Amphibious Ready Groups, eight Mediterranean Groups, two Persian Gulf Groups, a Mine Countermeasure Task Group, North Atlantic Treaty Organization Operations and training assignments with Fleet Marine Force Atlantic. In addition, she served as flagship for Commander Combined Amphibious Task Force (Commander Task Force 401), Commander Combined Landing Force, and Commander
Task Force 61 (Commander Amphibious Squadron 2) during NATO
Exercise Dawn Patrol '77.
Nashville provided support during 8 June 1995 rescue of pilot Capt.
Scott O'Grady, who was shot down over Bosnia on 2 June 1995 by an
SA-6 mobile launcher and forced to eject from his
F-16C into hostile territory. In 2003, she deployed as part of the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group with the
26th Marine Expeditionary Unit. On 16 and 17 January 2006, she was the first vessel to receive the landing of an unmanned
robotic
RQ-8A Fire Scout helicopter. On 22 March 2022,
Nashville was removed from the Philadelphia NIMSF and began its journey to
Brownsville, Texas, where it will be scrapped. It arrived in Brownsville on 8 April 2022. ==Possible sale to India==