National Archives at College Park - Still Pictures

George Tweed on Board USS HORNET (CV 12) After Having Been Transferred From USS McCALL (DD 400), the Ship That Rescued Him From Guam

During a man overboard drill the US Navy (USN) Landing Craft Personnel Large (LCPL) is lowered over the side of the USN Tarawa Class Amphibious Assault Ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2)

Armorers Working On Guns Of A Northrop P-61 'Black Widow'. Saipan, Marianas Islands, 19 July 1944. (U.S. Air Force Number 63621AC)

Photograph of a Crewman Watching a Flash of Flame Burst from the Bow of a Gasoline Barge

The USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) (top) conducts an Underway Replenishment (UR), with the USNS LEROY GRUMMAN (TAO 194) (center) and the USS AUSTIN (LPD 4)

Artwork: "Saipan 1944" Artist: William Olendorf, US Air Force Art Collection

Saipan Beachhead Secure

The flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA-2). The SAIPAN is participating in a joint U.S. and Spanish exercise, Ocean Venture '81

[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__DI10637.JPG]

Truck Is Backed Up To Garbage Rack And Then Rubbish Is Dumped Into The Sea, Saipan, Marianas Islands. (U.S. Air Force Number C64130AC)

Ships from four nations sail in formation during the NATO Southern Region exercise Dragon Hammer '90. The ships are, from left: the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA-2), the Spanish aircraft carrier SPS PRINCIPE DE ASTURIAS (R-11), the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN-69), the Italian light aircraft carrier ITS GIUSEPPE GARIBALDI (C-551) and the British light aircraft carrier HMS INVINCIBLE (R-05)

On 27 January 1945, Consolidated B-24 "Liberators" Of The 392Nd Bomb Squadron, 30Th Bomb Group Took Off From Saipan For A Raid On Iwo Jima. Flak Encountered By The Planes Was Intense And Accurate. One Of The 75Mm Shells Hit This B-24 And Exploded In The (U.S. Air Force Number 70342AC)