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USS Tripoli LHA-7 fitting out
The future USS Tripoli about to be launched US Navy: 3354002
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USS Wasp LHD-1 (1989)USS Essex LHD-2 (1992)
USS Essex, Pohang, Republic of Korea 2006 NARA: 330-CFD-DN-SD-07-01637 JO3 Adam R. Cole, USN
USS Kearsarge LHD-3 (1993)
USS Boxer LHD-4 (1995)
USS Boxer 1998 NARA: 330-CFD-DN-SD-01-09531
USS Bataan LHD-5 (1997)USS Bonhomme Richard LHD-6 (1998)
USS Bonhomme Richard 2006 NARA: 330-CFD-DN-SD-07-02593 PHAA Bryan Niegel, USN
USS Iwo Jima LHD-7 (2001)
An LCAC exits the well deck of USS Iwo Jima LHD-7 Persian Gulf, 2006 NARA: 330-CFD-DN-SD-07-11686 MC3 John S. Skrzyniarz, USN
USS Makin Island LHD-8 (2009) and USS Bonhomme Richard LHD-6 (1998)
1984 artist’s conception, showing operations of both LCAC docking and Harrier flying. NARA: 330-CFD-DN-ST-85-00439 Ingalls ShipbuildingAnd what they actually built! USS Kearsarge LHD-3, 1999 NARA: 330-CFD-DN-SD-04-13207 CWO2 Seth Rossman, USNView of interior of well deck toward stern gate, USS Wasp LHD-3, showing 3 LCAC craft, 1998. NARA: 330-CFD-DN-SD-01-09016 PH3 Kenneth A. Pace, USN