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A flight deck crewman aboard the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA-2) prepares for flight deck operations. The SAIPAN is taking part in exercise Ocean Venture '81

An LCM 6 mechanized landing craft prepares to enter the docking well of the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) during NATO Exercise NORTHERN WEDDING '86

US Navy (USN) flight deck personnel attach a cargo pendant to an MH-60S Seahawk helicopter on the flight deck of the Amphibious Assault Ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2)

A starboard bow view of the Italian light aircraft carrier ITS GIUSEPPE GARIBALDI (C-551) underway during the NATO Southern Region exercise DRAGON HAMMER '90. Following behind the GARIBALDI is the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2)

The amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) lies at anchor offshore during the NATO Southern Region exercise DRAGON HAMMER '90

A starboard quarter view of the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) with a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter overhead during NATO Exercise NORTHERN WEDDING 86

Gunners Mate SEAMAN (GMSN) Franklin of Tampa, Florida, fires a modified M14 during an underway replenishment (UR) on board the USS SAIPAN (LHA 2), in the Mediterranean

Marines of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (22nd MEU) file aboard a Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 261 (HMM-261) CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter 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 silhouetted port beam view of the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA-2) and the tank landing ship USS BARNSTABLE COUNTY (LST-1197) underway during Exercise Crisex '81

The utility landing craft LCU-1643 approaches the beach at Vieques, Puerto Rico, during Fleet Ex 1-90. In the background is the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA-2)

Aviation Boatswains Mate Third Class (AB3) Scoville practices fire fighting procedures during a general quarters drill onboard the USS SAIPAN (LHA 2)

An LCM-8 mechanized landing craft backs out of the well deck of the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) during Operation Sharp Edge. Marines embarked aboard the SAIPAN 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