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U.S. Navy Landing Craft Utility 1658 performs small boat operations in the Mediterranean Sea on Aug. 31, 2006. The LCU is embarked onboard the Tarawa Class Amphibious Assault Ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2). (U.S. Navy PHOTO by Mass Communication SPECIALIST SEAMAN McKinley Cartwright) (Released)

A U.S. Navy MH-60S Seahawk helicopter performs flight operations off the starboard side of the Tarawa Class Amphibious Assault Ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) during operations in the Mediterranean Sea on Aug. 31, 2006. In the foreground are Sailors working on an MH-53E Sea Dragon helicopter from Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron Squadron 15. SAIPAN is currently underway on a routine deployment in support of the Global War On Terrorism. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST SEAMAN Patrick W. Mullen III (Released)

A sailor in an engineering space aboard the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA-2) uses a sheet of paper to direct cool air from a vent onto his face as preparations are made to shut down one of the ship's boilers for maintenance. The SAIPAN steamed at flank speed for a week to be on station off the coast of Liberia for OPERATION SHARP EDGE

Ships from four nations sail in formation during the NATO Southern Region exercise Dragon Hammer '90. The ships are, from front: 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)

A close up view of the starboard bow of the TARAWA CLASS AMPHIBIOUS ASSAULT SHIP USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) as it gets a tow entering the harbor at Naval Station Rota, Spain. The SAIPANS crew will assist in wash-down and inspection of all land vehicles onboard ship during the port visit

Two CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters lift off the deck of the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA-2) as two others prepare for take-off during the NATO exercise Display Determination '81 that took place September 19 to October 14, 1981

Marines of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (22nd MEU) stand by to board a helicopter aboard the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) during Operation Sharp Edge. The Marines will be flown 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

A Marine standing in the back of a truck aboard a landing craft looks toward the open well deck of the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) during Operation Sharp Edge. Marines of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (22nd MEU) are being 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

Marines of the 2nd Light Armored Infantry Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, sit on their vehicles aboard a utility landing craft (LCU) in the well deck of the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA-2) during Fleet Ex 1-90

Navy and Marine mess management specialists aboard the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA-2) make cookies in preparation for the arrival of evacuees from the U.S. Embassy in Monrovia, Liberia. THE SAIPAN is on station off the coast of Liberia for OPERATION SHARP EDGE

A surgeon takes a blood pressure reading on a crew member in an operating room aboard the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2)

A utility landing craft (LCU-1664) approaches the tank landing ship USS BARNSTABLE COUNTY (LST-1197) for the attachment of a ship-to-shore fuel line during Exercise Crisex '81. The amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA-2) is also visible in the background