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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

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

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

A view from on board the US Navy (USN) Tarawa Class Amphibious Assault Ship, USS USS SAIPAN (LHA 2), showing a US Marine Corps (USMC) MH-53E Sea Stallion helicopter, assigned to Helicopter Mine Countermeasure Squadron 14 (HM-14), approaching to land while the ship is underway in the Atlantic Ocean, conducting qualifications of its upcoming deployment

A CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter prepares for lift-off aboard the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA-2) during exercise Ocean Venture '81

A port quarter view of the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) underway during NATO Exercise NORTHERN WEDDING 86

Five LVTP-7 tracked landing vehicles depart the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA-2)

The passing of the amphibious assault ship USS NASSAU (LHA-4), in the foreground, and the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA-2) takes place during the turnover of Task Force 61 duties. NASSAU, the flagship for Marine Amphibious Ready Group (MARG) 1-82 relieves the SAIPAN, the flagship for MARG 3-81

A starboard bow view of the US Navy (USN) Tarawa Class Amphibious Assault Ship, USS SAIPAN (LHA 2), being assisted by commercial tugboats, as it prepares to depart from its homeport at Naval Station (NS) Norfolk, Virginia (VA), to participate in the Multi-National Exercise "PHOENIX EXPRESS" in the Sixth Fleet Area of Responsibility (AOR). The multi-national exercise is focused on developing the individual and collective maritime proficiencies of participating nations. The exercise will promote friendship, mutual understanding and cooperation with regional partners

A Marine flight crewman checks the main rotor of a UH-1N Iroquois helicopter on the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) 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