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The Tarawa Class Amphibious Assault Ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) guided to the pier by tugboats as her Sailors man the rails. The SAIPAN returned to Naval Station (NS) Norfolk, Virginia (VA), after completing a three-month surge deployment in support of the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT)

A port quarter view of the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) underway during the NATO Southern Region exercise DRAGON HAMMER '90. In the background are, from left: the Spanish aircraft carrier SPS PRINCIPE DE ASTURIAS (R-11) the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN 69 and the Italian light aircraft carrier ITS GIUSEPPE GARIBALDI (C-551)

Marines of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (22nd MEU) check their equipment aboard the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) while waiting to board a helicopter 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 crewman aboard the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA-2) during exercise Ocean Venture '81

The amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LPH-2), lies tied up at the naval station

Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 261 (HMM-261) officers receive a pre-operation briefing in the squadron ready room aboard the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2). The SAIPAN is on station off the coast of Liberia for Operation Sharp Edge

Two F-14A Tomcat aircraft of Fighter Squadron 154 (VF-154) perform a section roll off Saipan in the Mariana Islands

A Marine of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (22nd MEU) adjusts one of the M-60E3 machine guns set up on the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA-2) for weapons training prior to Operation Sharp Edge. The SAIPAN is on station off the coast of Liberia

Flight deck crewman aboard the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) carry tie-down chains away from an AH-1J Sea Cobra helicopter attached to Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 261 (HMM-261) as flight operations are conducted during Operation Sharp Edge. Marines embarked aboard the SAIPAN have been sent 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 right side view of four US Marines Corps OV-10 Bronco aircraft in flight. The aircraft are operating from the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2)

A port beam view of a Soviet Moma class intelligence collection ship escorting the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA-2) off the coast of Norway near the Vjest Fjord during NATO exercised Northern Wedding '86

A right side view of a CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter on the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA-2) during exercise Ocean Venture '81