USS Makin Island (LHD-8)
Wasp-class amphibious assault ship
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USS Makin Island (LHD-8), a Wasp-class amphibious assault ship, is the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Makin Island, target of the Marine Raiders' Makin Island raid early on in the United States' involvement in World War II. Wikipedia
Length: 843′
Launched: September 22, 2006
Construction started: February 14, 2004
Builder: Ingalls Shipbuilding
Boats & landing craft carried: 3 Landing Craft Air Cushion or; 2 Landing Craft Utility or; 12 Landing Craft Mechanized
Commissioned: 24 October 2009
Complement: 1,208