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U.S. Navy line handlers from the Harpers Ferry Class Dock Landing Ship USS OAK HILL (LSD 51) stand by to assist the Whidbey Island Class Dock Landing Ship USS ASHLAND (LSD 48) for deployment from Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek on November 16, 2006. The ASHLAND will relieve Tarawa Class Amphibious Assault Ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) in the 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST SEAMAN John Suits) (Released)

U.S. Navy Quartermaster Second Class Jason Lentz checks the distance between his ship, the Tarawa Class Amphibious Assault Ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2), and the Military Sealift Command Henry J. Kaiser Class Oiler USNS LEROY GRUMMAN (T-AO 195) in preparation for an underway replenishment operation 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)

Two LCM 6 mechanized landing craft approach the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2)

Starboard bow view of the US Navy (USN) TARAWA CLASS: Amphibious Assault Ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) underway off the coast of Virginia Beach

AB-8B Harrier aircraft of Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 362 (HMH-362) are positioned on the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA-2) as the vessel is underway in support of maritime interdiction operations

The dock landing ship USS GERMANTOWN (LSD-42) approaches the fleet oiler USNS ANDREW J. HIGGINS (T-AO-190) for an underway replenishment in the waters off Saipan during Operation Tandem Thrust

An H-53 Sea Stallion helicopter lifts off the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA-2) during the NATO exercise Display Determination '81. The other helicopters are from left to right: an AH-1 Sea Cobra, an H-53 Sea Stallion and an H-46 Sea Knight

Aerial port bow view of the Tarawa Class Amphibious Assault Ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) as it sails in the Mediterranean Sea on Aug. 24, 2006. SAIPAN is currently underway conducting maritime security operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST SEAMAN Patrick W. Mullen III) (Released)

A port beam view of the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA-2) underway during exercise Ocean Venture '81

Two AH-1 Sea Cobra and a CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter are secured on the deck of the amphibious ship USS SAIPAN (LHA-2) during NATO exercise Display Determination '81

Three Marines man a security post overlooking a road outside the United States Embassy. Marines of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (22nd MEU), deployed aboard the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2), were sent to augment security at the embassy as part of Operation SHARP EDGE

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 and around 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