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Saipan (LHA-2) underway, date and place unknown.
US Navy photo. |
Robert Hurst |
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Saipan (LHA-2) underway, September 1980, location unknown.
US Navy photo. |
Robert Hurst |
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Saipan (LHA-2) at Barcelona, Spain, 2 January 1982. |
Photo by Fabio Peña |
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Saipan (LHA-2) at Barcelona, Spain, 2 January 1982, during her second Med deployment. Note 5" gun on port bow and BPDMS launcher, forward of the island structure and beyond the Sea Stallion's tail rotor. Both were part of the ships original configuration and were later removed. |
Photo by Fabio Peña |
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Saipan (LHA-2) at anchor off the coast of Turkey, 1982 |
Pete Harlem, Courtesy Mario Mederos USMC HMM-263 |
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Saipan (LHA-2) at NOB Norfolk, VA., August 1985. |
Rick Rowan |
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Saipan (LHA-2) at NOB Norfolk, VA., August 1985. |
Rick Rowan |
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Saipan (LHA-2) at Naval Shipyard Philadelphia, June 1988. |
Photo by Gary Schurr |
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Saipan (LHA-2) at Naval Shipyard Philadelphia, June 1988. |
Photo by Gary Schurr |
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Saipan (LHA-2) at Naval Shipyard Philadelphia, June 1988. |
Photo by Gary Schurr |
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Saipan (LHA-2) underway off Italy during NATO Exercise
"Dragon Hammer", in May 1990. Photos taken from the Spanish carrier Príncipe de Asturias (R-11) |
Photo by Omar Rubido, Armada Española |
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Saipan (LHA-2) underway off Italy during NATO Exercise
"Dragon Hammer", in May 1990. Photos taken from the Spanish carrier Príncipe de Asturias (R-11) |
Photo by Omar Rubido, Armada Española |
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Saipan (LHA-2) underway off Italy during NATO Exercise
"Dragon Hammer", in May 1990. Photos taken from the Spanish carrier Príncipe de Asturias (R-11) |
Photo by Omar Rubido, Armada Española |
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Saipan (LHA-2) underway off Italy during NATO Exercise
"Dragon Hammer", in May 1990. Photos taken from the Spanish carrier Príncipe de Asturias (R-11) |
Photo by Omar Rubido, Armada Española |
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Saipan (LHA-2), with stern gate down and ballasted, NOB Norfolk, VA., summer 1992. |
Photo by Adam Robison |
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Saipan (LHA-2) at Naval Station Rota, Spain, 2 December 1996. Amphibious Readiness Group (COMPHIBRON 6) pulled into Rota to do the necessary washdown and inspection of equipment. The visit lasted 5 days, during which time all land vehicles aboard the Saipan (LHA-2), Gunston Hall (LSD-44), and Austin (LPD-4) were moved to the piers and beaches in Rota's harbor area and washed thoroughly to remove
agricultural debris. This process is a safeguard against introducing foreign
insect and plant species to the United States. Some 130 vehicles, including M-1 Abrams tanks, were cleaned during the port visit. In this photo Saipan (LHA-2) gets a tow from Rota's tugs for help in docking at pier one.
US Navy photo # 961204-N-7590D-003 by PH2 Keith W. Devinney. Photo from Navy Newsstand. |
Bill Gonyo |
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Saipan (LHA-2) at Naval Station Rota, part of Amphibious Readiness Group (COMPHIBRON 6) pulled into Rota to do the necessary washdown and inspection of equipment. During the visit all land vehicles aboard the Saipan (LHA-2), Gunston Hall (LSD-44), and Austin (LPD-4) were moved to the piers and beaches in Rota's harbor area and washed thoroughly to remove agricultural debris. This process is a safeguard against introducing foreign insect and plant species to the United States.
US Navy photo # 961204-N-7590D-005 by PH2 Keith W. Devinney. |
Bill Gonyo |
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Saipan (LHA-2) underway off the coast of South Carolina during the MV-22B Osprey aircraft's shipboard developmental testing. Photo by PH1 Benjamin D. Olvey.
US Navy photo # 990117-N-4004O-503, January. 17, 1999. |
Navy Newsstand |
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Saipan (LHA 2) left, and Ponce (LPD
15) flank the underway replenishment oiler Patuxent (T-AO-201) during a
simultaneous underway replenishment (UNREP), 21 September 2002. Saipan was conducting underway training in preparation for an upcoming regularly scheduled deployment.
US Navy photo # 020921-N-6920A-001 by PHAN Latrice N. Ames, photo from Navy Newsstand web site. |
Bill Gonyo |
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Spica (T-AFS-9) prepares to conduct a simultaneous Refueling at Sea (RAS) with Amphibious Assault Ship Saipan (LHA 2) (top) and Amphibious Transport Dock Ponce (LPD 15) (bottom). Saipan and Ponce are part of Amphibious Task Force East (AFT-E), underway on an un-scheduled deployment in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.
US Navy photo # 030131-N-2972R-056 by PH3 Angel Roman-Otero. |
Bernard A. Cardali USS LST-308 |
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Saipan (LHA-2) moored pierside at Naval Station Rota, Spain, 2003. |
Photo by Laurent LaMarche |
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Saipan (LHA-2) underway, date and location unknown. |
Robert Hurst |
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Saipan (LHA 2) prepares to launch a CH-46 Sea Knight and CH-53
Super Stallion from it's flight deck during Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) integration training in preparation for the ship's upcoming scheduled deployment.
US Navy photo # 040405-N-8606T-008 by PH1 Courtney Torgrude. |
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Saipan (LHA-2) moored pierside at Pascagoula, MS., 25 January 2005. Eight 400 gallon water tanks are lined up in preparation to be loaded aboard the ship. Saipan is/was on a scheduled two-month deployment to the U.S. Southern Command (NAVSO) area of responsibility in support of New Horizons, the humanitarian assistance efforts in Haiti.
US Navy photo # 050125-N-0050M-003 by PH1 Kimberly E. McDonald, from the US Navy NewsStand web site. |
Jack Treutle |
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Saipan (LHA 2) returns to her homeport at Norfolk, VA., 25 August 2005.
Navy photo # 050825-N-3541A-004. |
Jack Treutle |
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Saipan (LHA 2) underway in the Persian Gulf, 17 September 2006. MK-105 Magnetic Influence Minesweeping Systems are towed behind two MH-53E Sea Dragons assigned to Helicopter Mine Counter Measure Squadron One Five (HM-15) during operations with Saipan. The MK-105 Magnetic Influence Minesweeping System is a high-speed catamaran hydrofoil platform also known as a "sled." Saipan and HM-15 conducted a Mine Countermeasure exercise in the Persian Gulf.
US Navy photo # 060917-N-8547M-198 by MCSN Patrick W. Mullen III. |
Lee Wahler |
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Saipan (LHA 2) conducting operations in the Arabian Sea while deployed in the 5th Fleet Area of Responsibility (AOR) conducting maritime security operations (MSO) in support of the global war on terrorism, 21 November 2006.
US Navy photo # 061121-N-8547M-051 Arabian Sea (Nov 21, 2006) by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Patrick W. Mullen III. |
Lee Wahler |
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Saipan (LHA 2) moored at pier 10 Naval Station Norfolk, VA., 20 April 2007, awaiting her decommissioned that morning. |
Photo by Wendell McLaughlin |
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Saipan (LHA 2) moored at pier 10 Naval Station Norfolk, VA., 20 April 2007. Saipan was decommissioned that morning. |
Photo by Wendell McLaughlin |
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Rear Admiral. Michael P. Nowakowski and Captain Richard D. Fitzpatrick pose for a photo with the rest of the former commanding officers of amphibious assault ship Saipan (LHA-2) at the ship’s decommissioning ceremony. Saipan was decommissioned after nearly 30 years of service.
US Navy photo # 070420-N-6616W-048 NORFOLK, Va. (April 20, 2007) by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Steven J. Weber. |
Lee Wahler |
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Decommissioned Saipan (LHA-2) moored pierside at Moorehead City, North Carolina, 16 June 2007. |
Photo by Owen R. Smith CWO-4, USMCR Ret. |
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Decommissioned Saipan (LHA-2) moored pierside at Moorehead City, North Carolina, 16 June 2007. |
Photo by Owen R. Smith CWO-4, USMCR Ret. |
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Decommissioned Saipan (LHA-2) moored pierside at Moorehead City, North Carolina, 16 June 2007. |
Photo by Owen R. Smith CWO-4, USMCR Ret. |
