National Archives at College Park - Still Pictures

U.S. Navy Sailors aboard the Tarawa Class Amphibious Assault Ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) enjoy the view as their ship sails 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)

ABOARD USS SAIPAN (LHA-2)....A Navy RADM, right, and a Marine officer brief news correspondents in the wardroom aboard the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA-2) during the joint services exercise Solid Shield '89

[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__DI10946.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__DI10615.JPG]

The Situation Definitely Isn't Well in Hand

LCDR Miguel Fernandez, liaison officer for Spanish Destroyer Squadron 21, and CAPT J. W. Renard, commanding officer of the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA-2) talk together aboard the SAIPAN. The SAIPAN is taking part in exercise Ocean Venture '81, a joint U.S. and Spanish naval exercise

Cpl. Roy Cole, Medical Man, Dresses Wounds Of One Of The Korean Prisoners-Of-War As A Guard Looks On. Cpl. Cole Is From Iowa Park, Texas. Saipan, Marianas Islands, 6 July 1944. (U.S. Air Force Number 63722AC)

[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__DI10892.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__DI10979.JPG]

"Water Buffalo" Line Up for Invasion of Cape Sansapor

US Navy (USN) GUNNER's Mate Second Class (GM2) Benjamin Clark (background), observes as USN Photographer's Mate Second Class (PH2) Herbert Banks, fires a 7.62 mm M60 general purpose machine gun, during weapons qualifications aboard the USN Wasp Class Amphibious Assault Ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2), while the ship is underway conducting training in the Atlantic Ocean

An LCM 6 mechanized landing craft is piloted past the docking well of the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) during NATO Exercise NORTHERN WEDDING 86. Two CH-53E Super Stallion helicopters are on the flight deck