National Archives at College Park - Still Pictures

A large"WELCOME TO EGYPT"sign is seen from the U.S. Navy Tarawa Class Amphibious Assault Ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) as it transits through the Suez Canal in Egypt on Sept. 2, 2006. SAIPAN is currently underway conducting maritime security operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST SEAMAN Patrick W. Mullen III) (Released)

A starboard quarter view of the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA-2) during NATO exercise Northern Wedding '96

World War II – Saipan

4Th Marine Division Cemetery On Saipan In The Marianas Islands. (U.S. Air Force Number B60385AC)

[Assignment: 48-DPA-SOI_K_Saipan_6-5-07] Pacific Islands Tour: Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne [and aides] to Saipan Island, of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands [48-DPA-SOI_K_Saipan_6-5-07__DI10658.JPG]

[Assignment: 48-DPA-SOI_K_Saipan_6-5-07] Pacific Islands Tour: Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne [and aides] to Saipan Island, of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands [48-DPA-SOI_K_Saipan_6-5-07__DI10913.JPG]

[Assignment: 48-DPA-SOI_K_Saipan_6-5-07] Pacific Islands Tour: Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne [and aides] to Saipan Island, of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands [48-DPA-SOI_K_Saipan_6-5-07__DI10909.JPG]

An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) called the"Scan Eagle"lands in the skyhook for recovery on the flight deck aboard the U.S. Navy Tarawa Class Amphibious Assault Ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) during operations in the Atlantic Ocean on Aug. 18, 2006. The"Scan Eagle"is designed to provide persistent intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance data, battle damage assessment and communications relay in support of the Global War On Terrorism. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST SEAMAN Patrick W. Mullen III) (Released)

Photograph of a Pair of Goats Being Evacuated Aboard a Coast Guard-manned Tank Lighter

A hospital corpsman organizes surgical instruments for an operation aboard the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA-2)

U.S. Navy Aviation Boatswain's Mate Handler Third Class Theodore Nkwocha signals to an MH-53E Super Stallion helicopter that it is clear to depart the flight deck of the Tarawa Class Amphibious Assault Ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) during operations in the Gulf of Aden on Sept. 7, 2006. SAIPAN is currently underway conducting maritime security operations in the Persian Gulf. (Mass Communication SPECIALIST SEAMAN Patrick W. Mullen III) (Released)

Bulldozer Pulling Equipment, Taken From From Lst (Landing Ship Tank), Up Cliff During Landing Operation On Saipan, Marianas Islands, June 21, 1944. (U.S. Air Force Number A63658AC)