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"Navy Times" 1986 Ship in the Spotlight featuring USS Tarawa (LHA-1). |
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USS Tarawa (LHA-1) underway during at-sea trials, Summer 1975.
US Navy photo from "NAVSEA Journal." |
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USS Tarawa (LHA-1) underway during at-sea trials, Summer 1975.
US Navy photo from "NAVSEA Journal." |
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USS Tarawa (LHA-1) underway, date and location unknown. |
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USS Tarawa (LHA-1) arriving at White Beach, Okinawa, 4 April 1979. |
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USS Tarawa (LHA-1) moored at White Beach, Okinawa, April 1979. In the foreground LCU-1666 is underway entering the pier area after leaving Tarawa's well deck. |
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USS Tarawa (LHA-1) about to recover a Marine Corps AV-8A Harrier during the exercise "Valiant Blitz", in the Philippines, 1980. |
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USS Tarawa (LHA-1) underway, date and location unknown. |
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USS Tarawa (LHA-1) underway, date and place unknown. |
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USS Tarawa (LHA-1) underway at San Diego, CA, date unknown.
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USS Tarawa (LHA-1) anchored off the coast of Thailand near Pattaya during Exercise Cobra Gold '86, 5 August 1986.
US Navy photo # DA-SC-88-00434 GULF OF THAILAND (5 August 1986) by Al Chang. |
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USS Tarawa (LHA-1) underway location unknown, June 1986.
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USS Tarawa (LHA-1) underway, date and location unknown.
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USS Tarawa (LHA-1) at anchor in Hong Kong harbor, BCC, 24 November 1989. |
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USS Tarawa (LHA-1) at anchor in Hong Kong harbor, BCC, 24 November 1989. |
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USS Tarawa (LHA-1) at anchor in Hong Kong harbor, BCC, 24 November 1989. |
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Starboard bow view of USS Tarawa (LHA-1) approaching Naval Station Pearl Harbor through the channel, 1 June 1991.
US Navy photo # DN-SC-92-03415 PEARL HARBOR (1 June 1991) by OS2 John Bouvia. |
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Starboard bow view of USS Tarawa (LHA-1) approaching Naval Station Pearl Harbor through the channel, 1 June 1991.
US Navy photo # DN-SC-92-03416 PEARL HARBOR (1 June 1991 by OS2 John Bouvia. |
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Sailors and Marines man the rails aboard USS Tarawa (LHA-1) as she arrives at Naval Station, Pearl Harbor, 1 June 1991, for a port visit before returning to Naval Station, San Diego, Calif. Tarawa was returning to the U.S. following her deployment to the Persian Gulf region for Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm.
US Navy photo # DN-SC-92-00887 PEARL HARBOR (1 June 1991) by OS2 John Bouvia. |
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Starboard quarter view of USS Tarawa (LHA-1) anchored near the British naval facility HMS Tamar, Hong Kong, BCC, 1 June 1992.
US Navy photo # DN-SC-93-06146 HONG KONG (1 June 1992) by LTjg. Jeff Hilton. |
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USS Tarawa (LHA-1) underway, September 1995, location unknown. |
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USS Tarawa (LHA-1) in port San Diego in 1996.
Photo from the N.A. "Stretch" Brown collection |
Submitted by Carol Edgemon Hipperson author of "Radioman: An Eyewitness Account of Pearl Harbor & World War II in the Pacific" (Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martins Press, 2008) ISBN-10 031238694X
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USS Tarawa (LHA-1) on patrol off southern
California in support of exercise Kernel Blitz '97, 28 June 1997.
US Navy photo # 970628-N-3962B-001. |
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CAPT. Chris Ames, Commanding Officer of USS Tarawa (LHA-1) reads message traffic, 21 June 1997, on the bridge during Exercise Kernal Blitz '97, taking place off the coast of Southern California and Camp Pendleton. KERNEL BLITZ is a biannual Commander-in-Chief Pacific (CINCPAC) fleet training exercise (FLEETEX) focused on operational/tactical training of Commander, Third Fleet (C3F)/ I Marine Expeditionary Forces (MEF) and Commander, Amphibious Group 3 (CPG-3)/ 1st Marine Division (MARDIV). KERNEL BLITZ is designed to enhance the training of Sailors and Marines in the complexities of brigade-size amphibious assault operations.
US Navy photo # DN-SD-03-05269 PACIFIC OCEAN (21 June 1997) by PH1 (NAC) Stephen Batiz. |
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USS Tarawa (LHA-1) at anchor off Bahrain, 11 March 1998
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Port beam view of USS Tarawa (LHA-1) underway while on deployment to the Western Pacific, 7 September 2000.
US Navy photo # 000907-N-8743M-019 PACIFIC OCEAN (7 September 2000) by PH1 David Miller. |
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USS Tarawa (LHA-1) conducting flight operations off the Coast of Aden Yemen during Operation DETERMINED RESPONSE, 28 October 2000.
US Navy photo # 001028-N-8743M-014 (28 October 2000) by PH1 David Miller. |
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USS Tarawa (LHA-1) departing Pearl Harbor, 28 June 2002.
US Navy photo # 1-020628-N-3228G-002 from the US Navy Newsstand web site. |
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USS Tarawa (LHA-1) moored pierside at NAS North Island, San Diego, CA., 2003. |
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USS Tarawa (LHA-1) conducting an amphibious landing, 12 February 2003, as Marines go ashore in Kuwait. Landing Craft Utility LCU-1666 leaves the ship's well deck with equipment and Marines from the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Special Operations Capable (SOC) while a CH-53E "Super Stallion" helicopter heads to the beach.
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USNS Yukon (T-AO-202) delivers fuel to USS Tarawa (LHA 1) during an underway replenishment (UNREP), in the Arabian Gulf, 7 April 2003.
US Navy photo # 030407-N-2515C-005 by PH2 Larry S. Carlson. |
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USNS Yukon (T-AO-202) delivers fuel to USS Tarawa (LHA 1) during an underway replenishment (UNREP), in the Arabian Gulf, 7 April 2003.
US Navy photo # 030407-N-2515C-009 by PH2 Larry S. Carlson. |
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The amphibious assault ships of Commander, Task Force Fifty One (CTF-51) come together in an unprecedented formation during operations in the North Arabian Gulf. This marked the first time that six large deck amphibious ships from the East and West coasts have deployed together in one area of operation. Led by the flag ship USS Tarawa (LHA-1), the ships are (from left to right):
USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD-6),
USS Kearsarge (LHD-3),
USS Bataan (LHD-5),
USS Saipan (LHA-2), and
USS Boxer (LHD-4).
CTF-51 led Navy amphibious forces in the Arabian Gulf region during Operation Iraqi Freedom. The 32 ships of CTF-51 composed the largest amphibious force assembled since the Inchon landing, during the Korean War. Operation Iraqi Freedom is the multinational coalition effort to liberate the Iraqi people and end the regime of Saddam Hussein.
US Navy photo # 030420-N-2515C-091 North Arabian Gulf (Apr. 20, 2003) by PH2 Larry S. Carlson.
US Navy photo # 030420-N-7128D-011 North Arabian Gulf (Apr. 20, 2003) by PHC Tom Daily. |
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USS Tarawa (LHA-1) during amphibious operations, date and location unknown.
US Navy photo |
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USS Tarawa (LHA-1) underway, date and location unknown. Photo by Justin Kavalauskas, USMC HMM-163 REIN |
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USS Tarawa (LHA-1) underway aerial view, date and location unknown. Photo by Justin Kavalauskas, USMC HMM-163 (REIN) |
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USS Tarawa (LHA-1) flight deck view, date and location unknown. Photo by Justin Kavalauskas, USMC HMM-163 REIN |
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USS Tarawa (LHA-1) stern gate view, date and location unknown. Photo by Justin Kavalauskas, USMC HMM-163 REIN |
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USS Tarawa (LHA-1) leading the Parade of Ships passing Alcatraz Island, San Francisco Bay, 9 October 2003, during Fleet Week 2004. |
Photo by CAPT. Jack C. Goldthorpe, USCG Ret. |
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USS Tarawa (LHA-1) departing from her home port, San Diego, CA., 16 July 2005 for a WESTPAC deployment. The ship returned to San Diego, 20 February 2006.
US Navy photo. |
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USS Tarawa (LHA-1) moored pierside at Naval Station San Diego, CA., March 2006. |
Photo by Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret. |
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USS Tarawa (LHA-1) moored pierside at Naval Station San Diego, CA., 2006. |
Photo by Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret. |
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USS Tarawa (LHA-1) moored pierside at Naval Station San Diego, CA., August 2006. |
Photo by Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret. |
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USS Tarawa (LHA-1) outbound to sea in 2006 passing , ex-USS Midway (CV-41) moored pierside downtown San Diego, CA. in 2006. |
Photo by Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret. |
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USS Tarawa (LHA-1) and USNS Pecos (T-AO-197) moored pierside at Naval Station San Diego, CA., October 2006. |
Photo by Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret. |
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USS Tarawa (LHA-1) steams through the Pacific Ocean, while on deployment in support of maritime security operations.
US Navy photo # 071111-N-6597H-104 (11 November 2007) by MCSN Jon Husman. |
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Marines of the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit exercise, on the flight deck of USS Tarawa (LHA-1), 28 November 2007, during her regularly scheduled deployment to the Western Pacific in support of maritime security operations and the war on terror.
US Navy photo # 071121-N-8335D-001 (28 November 2007) by MC1 Richard Doolin. |
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Yellow Shirt aircraft directors aboard USS Tarawa (LHA-1) move a UH-1N Huey helicopter onto the deck-edge elevator to strike it below to the hangar deck, while underway, 11 December 2007. Tarawa and embarked 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit are on a regularly scheduled deployment in support of maritime security operations and the global war on terror..
US Navy photo # 071211-N-4774B-082 INDIAN OCEAN (11 December 2007) by MC3 Daniel A. Barker. |
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Sailors aboard USS Tarawa (LHA-1) prepare to move the UH-1N Huey helicopter from the elevator onto the hangar deck, during an exercise in which as many aircraft as possible are relocated below, 11 December 2007. Tarawa and embarked 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit are on a regularly scheduled deployment in support of maritime security operations and the global war on terror.
US Navy photo # 071211-N-4774B-066 INDIAN OCEAN (11 December 2007) by MC3 Daniel A. Barker. |
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A CH-46E Sea Knight transport helicopter of Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron One Six Six (HMM-166) "SeaElk" comes in to land on USS Tarawa (LHA-1), 7 January 2008. The Tarawa Expeditionary Strike Group is deployed to the 5th Fleet area of responsibility as part of a regularly scheduled deployment while under way in the Middle East.
US Navy photo # 080107-N-7643B-003 (7 January 2008) by MCSN David A. Brandenburg. |
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An EH-96 Puma helicopter from the Military Sealift Command dry cargo/ammunition ship USNS Sacagawea (T-AKE 2) conducts a vertical replenishment (VERTREP) of USS Tarawa (LHA-1). Tarawa is part of the Tarawa Expeditionary Strike Group which is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility for a scheduled deployment.
080207-N-2190B-001 PERSIAN GULF (Feb. 7, 2008) by LCDR. Kevin D. Borden. |
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An AV-8B Harrier assigned to Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron (HMM-166 (reinforced) launches from the flight deck of USS Tarawa (LHA-1). U.S. forces maintain a naval and air presence in the region that deters destabilizing activities while safeguarding the region's vital links to the global economy.
US Navy photo # 080301-N-6597HN-093, PERSIAN GULF (March 1, 2008) by MCSN Jon Husman. |
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Aboard USS Tarawa (LHA-1) Marines from the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit run and train on the fight deck, 7 March 2008.
US Navy photo # 080307-N-1786N-018, PERSIAN GULF (March 7, 2008) by MC3 Bryan Niegel. |
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USS Tarawa (LHA-1) arriving at Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 10 May 2008.. |
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USS Tarawa (LHA-1) moored at Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 10 May 2008.. |
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USS Tarawa (LHA-1) outbound to sea from Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 13 May 2008. The Australian Icebreaker Aurora Australis is moored in the foreground. |
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USS Tarawa (LHA-1) outbound to sea from Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 13 May 2008.. |
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USS Tarawa (LHA-1) returns to her homeport of San Diego, CA. 3 June 2008, for the last time, after completing her final deployment before being decommissioned.
US Navy photo # 080603-N-8909B-032 SAN DIEGO (June 3, 2008) by MCSA Cale Bentley. |
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USS Tarawa (LHA-1) passes under the Coronado Bridge, 3 June 2008, as she pulls into Naval Base San Diego after completing her 14th and final Western Pacific deployment. Tarawa is scheduled to be decommissioned in March 2009..
US Navy photo # 080603-N-2943C-002 SAN DIEGO (June 3, 2008) by MC2 Carlos Cepeda. |
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An MH-53E Sea Dragon assigned to Mine Countermeasures Squadron Fifteen (HM-15) "Blackhawks" lands aboard USS Tarawa (LHA-1), 8 August 2008, as the ship sails south toward the Panama Canal to participate in the multinational training exercise Fuerzas Aliadas PANAMAX 2008. This will be the final exercise for Tarawa before decommissioning in early 2009.
US Navy photo # 080808-N-4774B-466 PACIFIC OCEAN (Aug. 8, 2008) by MC3 Daniel A. Barker. |
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ABH3 Jonathan Lambes, left, and Melchor Navora direct an MH-53E Sea Dragon helicopter assigned to Mine Countermeasures Squadron Fifteen (HM-15) "Blackhawks", for a landing on the flight deck of USS Tarawa (LHA 1), 8 August 2008. Tarawa is approaching the Panama Canal to participate in the multi-national training exercise Fuerzas Aliadas PANAMAX 2008. This will be the final exercise for Tarawa before decommissioning in early 2009.
US Navy photo # 080808-N-8335D-078 PACIFIC OCEAN (Aug. 8, 2008) by .MC1 Richard Doolin. |
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AMS2 Russell Butterfield, left, and AMS3 Zach Brown, assigned to Mine Countermeasures Squadron Fifteen (HM-15) "Blackhawks", perform maintenance on an MH-53E Sea Dragon helicopter on the flight deck of USS Tarawa (LHA-1) during Fuerzas Aliadas (FA) PANAMAX 2008. FA PANAMAX 2008 is a multi-national training exercise tailored to the defense of the Panama Canal, involving civil and military forces from the U. S. Southern Command area of focus
US Navy photo # 080818-N-8335D-005 PACIFIC OCEAN (Aug. 18, 2008) by .MC1 Richard Doolin. |
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