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The flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA-2). The SAIPAN is participating in a joint U.S. and Spanish exercise, Ocean Venture '81

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

U.S. Navy Aviation Boatswain's Mate Handler Third Class Dukins Admettre signals an MH-60S Seahawk helicopter from Helicopter Sea Combat Support Squadron 26 during an underway replenishment operation on the flight deck of the Tarawa Class Amphibious Assault Ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) in the Gulf of Aden on Sept. 9, 2006. SAIPAN is currently underway conducting maritime security operations in the Persian Gulf. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST Third Class Gary L. Johnson III) (Released)

US Navy (USN) and Spanish Navy ship maneuver through the waters of the Atlantic Ocean while participating in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Exercise Standing Naval Force Atlantic (SNFL). The Standing Naval Force is a squadron of eight to ten destroyers and frigates from different nations in the NATO organization. Pictured foreground-to-background: The Spanish Navy, Santa Maria Class Frigate, NAVARRA (F 85); the USN Austin Class Amphibious Transport Docks, USS TRENTON (LPD 14); the USN Tarawa Class Amphibious Assault Ship, USS SAIPAN (LHA 2), and the USN Oliver Hazard Perry Class Frigate, USS SIMPSON (FFG 56)

Officers of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (22nd MEU) gather in the MEU commander's office aboard the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) for a briefing on the situation in and around Monrovia, Liberia. The SAIPAN is on station off the coast of Liberia for Operation Sharp Edge

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

Artwork: "Saipan 1944" Artist: William Olendorf, US Air Force Art Collection

A port view of the island aboard the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA-2). CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters are on deck. The SAIPAN is taking part in exercise Ocean Venture '81

A sailor aboard the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) signals to crewmen aboard the fleet oiler USNS NEOSHO (T-AO 143) prior to an underway replenishment off the coast of Liberia 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) 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

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

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