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Saipan class light aircraft carrier

An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) called the"Scan Eagle"launches from a pneumatic wedge catapult launcher on the flight deck of the U.S. Navy Tarawa Class Amphibious Assault Ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) during operations in the Atlantic Ocean on Aug. 23, 2006. The"Scan Eagle"is designed to provide persistent intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance data, battle damage assessment and communications relay in support of the Global War On Terrorism. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST SEAMAN Patrick W. Mullen III) (Released)

Marines unload boxes of supplies from a Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 261 (HMM 261) CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter on the grounds of the US 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

USS LONG - Rep of Ops, 6/15-21/44, Occupation of Saipan Island, Marianas

Saipan-Tinian Area Complete

[No caption entered] (U.S. Air Force Number C54389AC)

USS ANTHONY - AA Act Rep, 6/19/44, Westward of the Saipan-Tinian Area, Marianas

Missing Air Crew Report number 12500

Aerial View Of Inspection Of Republic P-47 'Thunderbolts' Of The 318Th Fighter Group, Prior To Move To Saipan, Marianas Islands. 15 May 1944. Bellows Field, Oahu, Hawaii. (U.S. Air Force Number 63568AC)

Marines from the 1ST Plt., Co. D, 2nd Assault Amphibious Bn., Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, bring troops ashore on LVTP-7 tracked landing vehicles during Exercise Crisex '81. The amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA-2) and tank landing ship USS BARNSTABLE COUNTY (LST-1197) are visible in the background