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An aerial view of ships anchored. The ships are, from front to back, the Spanish ship DEDALO (PA-01), the amphibious transport dock USS RALEIGH (LPD-1)and the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA-2)

Ships from four nations sail in formation during the NATO Southern Region exercise DRAGON HAMMER '90. In the foreground is the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2). 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), the Italian light aircraft carrier ITS GIUSEPPE GARIBALDI (C-551), and the British light aircraft carrier HMS INVINCIBLE (R-05)

U.S. Navy GUNNER's Mate Third Class Juan Gonzales uses a 7.62 mm M14 rifle to fire a line from the deck of his ship, the Military Sealift Command Henry J. Kaiser Class Oiler USNS KANAWHA (T-AO 196), to the Tarawa Class Amphibious Assault Ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) during underway replenishment operations between the two ships in the Mediterranean Sea on Sept. 1, 2006. SAIPAN is currently underway conducting maritime security operations. (Navy photo By Mass Communication SPECIALIST Third Class Gary L. Johnson III) (Released)

A Marine CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter lifts off from the deck of the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA-2). Four other Sea Knights are also visible

U.S. Navy Sailors aboard the Tarawa Class Amphibious Assault Ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) enjoy the view as their ship sails through the Suez Canal in Egypt on Sept. 2, 2006. SAIPAN is currently underway conducting maritime security operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST SEAMAN Patrick W. Mullen III) (Released)

ABOARD USS SAIPAN (LHA-2)....A Navy RADM, right, and a Marine officer brief news correspondents in the wardroom aboard the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA-2) during the joint services exercise Solid Shield '89

LCDR Miguel Fernandez, liaison officer for Spanish Destroyer Squadron 21, and CAPT J. W. Renard, commanding officer of the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA-2) talk together aboard the SAIPAN. The SAIPAN is taking part in exercise Ocean Venture '81, a joint U.S. and Spanish naval exercise

US Navy (USN) GUNNER's Mate Second Class (GM2) Benjamin Clark (background), observes as USN Photographer's Mate Second Class (PH2) Herbert Banks, fires a 7.62 mm M60 general purpose machine gun, during weapons qualifications aboard the USN Wasp Class Amphibious Assault Ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2), while the ship is underway conducting training in the Atlantic Ocean

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. Two CH-53E Super Stallion helicopters are on the flight deck

Ships from four nations sail in formation during the NATO Southern Region exercise Dragon Hammer '90. In the left foreground is the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA-2). 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), the Italian light aircraft carrier ITS GIUSEPPE GARIBALDI (C-551) and the British light aircraft carrier HMS INVINCIBLE (R-05)

Mrs. Joan Dawson receives cased colors for 4th Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, during the dedication ceremony for an artillery gun park in Camp Lejeune, NC. The park is named after her brother USMC Private First Class (PFC) Harold C. Agerholm, 4th Battalion, 10th Marines, 2nd Marine Division, who received the Medal of Honor posthumously during World War II for action against Japanese forces on Saipan and rescuing forty-five casualties under heavy enemy fire

Aerial port quarter view of the amphibious assault ship USS Saipan (LHA-2) tied up on the north side of pier 6. In the upper left of the photo is a Los Angeles class nuclear-powered attack submarine arriving in company of two YTBs