Tarawa Class LHA Amphibious Assault Ships LOA 834′ / 254.2 m TDISP 44,000 (5 retired, 2 in reserve, 1 of which could be preserved)
USS Saipan LHA-2, 2002 NARA: 330-CFD-DN-SD-04-09050
USS Tarawa LHA-1 (1976-2009)USS Saipan LHA-2 (1977-2007)
USS Saipan is LHA-2, not LSD-2 as the legend title indicates.
USS Belleau Wood LHA-3 (1978-2005)
USS Belleau Wood LHA-3 with crew on the deck commemorating the first anniversary of the 2001/09/11 attacks, as it is deployed on Operation Enduring Freedom, 2002 NARA: 330-CFD-DN-SD-04-14144 PHC Steven L. Cooke, USN
USS Nassau LHA-4 (1979-2011) scrapping 2021-2022 Brownsville TX by SteelCoast.
USS Tarawa LHA-1 (see above) and Peleliu LHA-5 (1980-2015)USS Peleliu LHA-5 (see above)
USS Saipan stern view showing the enormous stern gate open leading the the well deck, underneath a flight deck elevator which can lower aircraft to the hangar that runs above the well deck. Naval Station Rota, Spain, 1996 NARA: 330-CFD-DN-SD-01-10027 PO2 Keith W. Devinney
Iwo Jima Class LPH Amphibious Assault Ships LOA 592′ / 180.4 m TDISP 18,000 tons (7 retired and scrapped)
USS Iwo Jima LPH-2 newly delivered, taken near Esquimalt, BC 1961. Credit: Library and Archives Canada / Department of National Defence Copyright belongs to Crown E-63864USS Iwo Jima LPH-2 during Operation Desert Shield NARA: 330-CFD-DN-ST-92-06753 TECH. SGT. Reynolds
USS Okinawa LPH-3 (1962-1992) sunk in a 2002 SINKEXUSS Guadalcanal LPH-7 (1963-1994) sunk in a 2005 SINKEXUSS Tripoli LPH-10 (1966-1995) scrapped 2018 after testing as a launch platform for ballistic missile defensesUSS New Orleans LPH-11 (1968-1997) sunk in a 2010 SINKEXUSS Inchon LPH-12 (1970-2002)
USS Iwo Jima LPH-2 during Operation Desert Shield, 1992 NARA: 330-CFD-DN-ST-92-06755 TECH. SGT. Reynolds
Unknown Iwo Jima Class LPH, San Diego, 1994
[Detail of] USS Guam LPH-9 Norfolk Naval Base, 1996 NARA: 330-CFD-DN-SC-97-01387 Robert J. Sitar (USN Ret)Continue to USN Retired Battleships
USS Saipan LHA-2 (1977-2007)
USS Nassau LHA-4 (1979-2011) scrapping 2021-2022 Brownsville TX by SteelCoast.
USS Peleliu LHA-5 (see above)
USS Guadalcanal LPH-7 (1963-1994) sunk in a 2005 SINKEX
USS Tripoli LPH-10 (1966-1995) scrapped 2018 after testing as a launch platform for ballistic missile defenses
USS New Orleans LPH-11 (1968-1997) sunk in a 2010 SINKEX
USS Inchon LPH-12 (1970-2002)
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