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USS Tarawa (LHA-1)
US Navy amphibious assault ship / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other ships with the same name, see USS Tarawa.
USS Tarawa (LHA-1), the lead ship of her class, is an amphibious assault ship that served in the United States Navy from 1976 to 2009. She is the second ship to be named for the Battle of Tarawa, fought during World War II. Tarawa was decommissioned on 31 March 2009, at San Diego Naval Base.[2]
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Name | Tarawa |
Namesake | Battle of Tarawa |
Ordered | 1 May 1969 |
Builder | Ingalls Shipbuilding |
Laid down | 15 November 1971 |
Launched | 1 December 1973 |
Sponsored by | Audrey B. Cushman[1] |
Acquired | 14 May 1976 |
Commissioned | 29 May 1976 |
Decommissioned | 31 March 2009 |
Stricken | 30 April 2024 |
Homeport | San Diego |
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Motto | Eagle of the Sea |
Status | To be sunk as a target |
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Class and type | Tarawa-class amphibious assault ship |
Displacement | 38,900 tons |
Length | 820 ft (250 m) |
Beam | 106 ft (32 m) |
Draft | 26 ft (7.9 m) |
Speed | 24 knots (44 km/h; 28 mph) |
Troops | 2,000+ Marines |
Complement | 960+ officers and enlisted |
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Aircraft carried | Up to 35 Helicopters and 8 AV-8B Harrier II VSTOL aircraft |
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