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

A starboard bow view of the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA-2) tied up at pier 21. The SAIPAN has returned to Norfolk following deployment to the Persian Gulf area during Operation Desert Storm.

Ships from four nations sail in formation during the NATO Southern Region exercise DRAGON HAMMER '90. The ships are, from left: the British light aircraft carrier HMS INVINCIBLE (R-05), the Italian light aircraft carrier ITS GIUSEPPE GARIBALDI (C-551), the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN 69), the Spanish aircraft carrier SPS PRINCIPE DE ASTURIAS (R-11) and the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2)

An LCM-6 mechanized landing craft is piloted past the docking well of the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA-2) during NATO Exercise Northern Wedding '86. A CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter and a CH-46 Chinook helicopter are on the flight deck

Aerial view, looking north-northeast, of a section of the Norfolk Naval Base showing piers 5 and 6. Tied up at the left is a large number of yard tug boats (YTBs). Tied on the north side of pier 6 is the amphibious assault ship USS Nassau (LHA-4) and the guided missile frigate USS Robert G. Bradley (FFG-49) with the decommissioned destroyer tender Puget Sound (AD-38) moored to the south side. The amphibious assault ship USS Saipan (LHA-2) is moored on the north side of pier 5 with the fast combat support ship USS Supply (AOE-6) and the Naval Reserve guided missile frigate USS Escotin (FFG-15) moored on the south side

A member of Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 264 (HMM-264) takes a break aboard the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA-2). The SAIPAN is taking part in exercise Ocean Venture '81

A starboard beam view of the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA-2) during NATO exercise Northern Wedding '86

Aviation Maintenance Administrationman 2nd Class (AZ2) Garcia of Island Park, New York, loads a Close In Weapons System (CIWS) mount with 20mm ammunition during a general quarters drill aboard the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2)

A Navy SEAL participating in Exercise DYNAMIC MIX is pulled from the water onboard a USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) helicopter off the coast of Capo Teulada, Sardinia

Marines of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (22nd MEU) gather in the hangar bay aboard the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA-2) for a briefing on the situation in Monrovia, Liberia, and the rules of engagement governing their mission once ashore. The SAIPAN is on station off the coast of Liberia for Operation Sharp Edge

A crewman takes a sighting by sextant aboard the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA-2) during exercise Ocean Venture '81