Tarawa class - LH - Assault Carrier IMO: MMSI: Flight Deck: 2 Call Sign: NHOV Shipyard: Ingalls Shipbuilding Events ---Filter---Laid downLaunchedCommissionedDecommissionedPort VisitDeploymentAircraft History of USS Saipan LHA-2 1972-jul-21Laid downLaid down 1974-jul-20LaunchedLaunched 1977-oct-15CommissionedCommissioned 1986-aug-29AircraftAircraft off Bodø CH-46 157689 accident 1988AircraftAircraft SAR bird was UH-1N 158256 at least until 1992 2005-jun-24DeploymentDeployment Fleet Review: Trafalgar 200 Present at Trafalgar 200 Fleet Review, off Ryde Sand anchorage 2005-jul-01Port VisitPort Visit Present at International Festival of the Sea 2005, Portsmouth 2007-apr-25DecommissionedDecommissioned Add new event for this unitYear:Month: <- (1/12) Optional Day: <- (1/31) Optional Text: Add Event Specifications Tarawa class 900crew 1900troops 39400full load (tn) 250length (m) 32beam (m) 7.90draught (m) 24max speed (knots) 70000power (shp) 2Naval Engine boilers2Naval Engine steam turbines 2Missile Launcher Mk 49 21-cell RAM 4Naval Gun Mark 38 25 mm 2Close-In Weapon System CIWS Phalanx 20 mm 1Chaff and decoys Mark 36 SRBOC 1Aids TACAN URN-201Naval Radar air search radar AN/SPS-52 Aircraft Typical Max USMC B-V 107M H-46 Sea Knight 1242 USMC Sikorsky S-80 H-53E 60 USMC Bell 209 AH-1 Cobra 40 USMC Bell UH-1N 20 Builder Ingalls Shipbuilding,
off Bodø CH-46 157689 accident
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