USS Saipan (LHA-2)
Tarawa-class amphibious assault ship
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USS Saipan (LHA-2) was a Tarawa-class amphibious assault ship, the second United States Navy ship named in honor of the World War II Battle of Saipan. Commissioned in 1977, the ship saw service until 2007 when she was decommissioned. In 2009 the... Wikipedia
Launched: July 20, 1974
Length: 820′
Builder: Ingalls Shipbuilding
Armament: 2 × RAM launchers; 2 × Mk 15 Phalanx CIWS; 3 ×.50-caliber M2HB machine gun; 6 × Mk 38 25 mm cannons
Commissioned: 15 October 1977
Complement: 65 officers, 1,009 enlisted
Decommissioned: 25 April 2007