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What is your Tarawa story?
#otd USS Tarawa LHA-1 off the coast of Southern California in support of Exercise KERNEL BLITZ '97, 26 June 1997. What is your story...
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USS Saipan LHA-2 (2002)
#otd amphibious Assault Ship USS Saipan LHA-2 underway off the coast of Virginia Beach, VA 1 March 2002. #tarawaclass #usssaipan #lha2...
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USS Tripoli LPH-10 after the mine
This one is for our friend Eric, here is USS Tripoli LPH-10 in drydock following repair of a large hole 10 feet beneath its waterline. ...
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USS Tripoli LPH-10
#otd USS Tripoli LPH-10 struck a mine while serving as a mine-clearing platform in the northern Persian Gulf, 18 February 1991. Here she...
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USS Bataan LHD-5 (1997)
A look back at USS Bataan LHD-5 underway in the Gulf of Mexico during builder's sea trials, February 1997. #lhd5 #ussbataan #gatornavy...
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USS Belleau Wood LHA-3 (1982)
Flashback to 1982 to USS Belleau Wood LHA-3 with three AV-8A’s from VC-165 aboard. #av8a #harrier #harrierjumpjet #ussbelleauwood #lha3...