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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

COMTRANSDIV 10 - Report of Operations, Period 6/30/44 to 5/30/44 - Invasion of Saipan Is, Marianas

USS LST-354 - Rep of action against the Jap aircraft off Saipan Island, Marianas, 6/17/44

USS LST-267 - AA Act Rep, 6/17/44, Southeast of Saipan Island, Marianas

USS KIDD - Rep of Ops & AA Acts in Area East of Saipan Is, Marianas, 6/17-19/44

Okinawa...A Land of Contradictions: Devastation...Industry...Beauty

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

World War II – Saipan

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

Ships from four nations sail in formation during the NATO Southern Region exercise DRAGON HAMMER '90. The ships are, from front: 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)