National Archives at College Park - Still Pictures

Maintenance crewmen aboard the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA-2) work on an AH-1J Sea Cobra helicopter attached to Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 261 (HMM-261) during Operation Sharp Edge. Marines embarked aboard the SAIPAN have been sent to the U.S. Embassy in Monrovia, Liberia, to augment security and evacuate U.S. and foreign nationals from the fighting between government and rebel forces

On 27 January 1045, Consolidated B-24 "Liberators" Of The 392Nd Bomb Squadron, 3Oth 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 A70342AC)

STS050-101-059 - STS-050 - STS-50 earth observations

A sailor in an engineering space aboard the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) makes an adjustment to the ship's electrical generating system. The SAIPAN is on station off the coast of Liberia for Operation Sharp Edge

A CH-53D Sea Stallion helicopter attached to Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 261 (HMM-261), left, and three CH-46E Sea Knight helicopters of HMM-261 start up their engines on the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) during a rehearsal for Operation Sharp Edge. The SAIPAN is on station off the coast of Liberia

[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__DI10700.JPG]

Garbage Shute Were Rubbish Is Dumped Into The Sea, Saipan, Marianas Islands. (U.S. Air Force Number D64130AC)

[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__DI10596.JPG]

SAIPAN, August 13, 2015 - A FEMA mitigation Specialist provides a Typhoon Soudelor survivor with information about resilient rebuilding. Photo by Ron Roth.

A squad of Marines aboard the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LH-2) are being directed to board a Marine CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter, not shown. Behind them is another CH-46 and a Marine AH-1 Sea Cobra helicopter

Port side view of the Amphibious Assault Ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) passing the historic Chamberlein Hotel on old Point Comfort. The SAIPAN is returning to her home port after putting to sea to avoid the effects of Hurricane Floyd as the storm moved up the east coast

[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__DI10824.JPG]