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Following commissioning and sea trials, Okinawa departed Philadelphia on 20 June 1962 for her homeport, Norfolk, Va., where she spent a month fitting out.After a six-week shakedown cruise out of Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and another month in Norfolk, the amphibious assault ship began participation in her first fleet exercise in the Caribbean, 15 October.
Two ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Okinawa, in honor of the Battle of Okinawa. The first USS Okinawa (CVE-127) was to be an escort carrier, but was cancelled before completion. The second USS Okinawa (LPH-3) was an Iwo Jima-class amphibious assault ship in service from 1962 to 1992.
Mao Ishikawa (石川真生, Ishikawa Mao; born in Ōgimi, April 26, 1953 [1] - ) is an Okinawan photographer and activist. [2] Her photographs largely feature bar girls, performers, soldiers, and other fringe members within Okinawan and Japanese society.
With the Philippines Islands behind it the amphibious assault ship USS OKINAWA (LPH-3) is underway to the open sea with the men of the 31st Marine Amphibious Unit aboard. Date: 1 August 1982: Source: DoDMedia, cropped: Author: CPL S.L. KAETER: Permission (Reusing this file)
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English: U.S. Marines aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Okinawa play Scrabble under the aft Mark 33 3-inch/50-caliber gun mount as the ship cruises the Persian Gulf. Deutsch: US-Marines an Bord des amphibischen Angriffsschiffs USS Okinawa (LPH-3) spielen achtern Scrabble unter einer Mark-33-Geschützanlage während das Schiff im Persischen ...
Naval Base Okinawa, now Naval Facility Okinawa, is a number of bases built after the Battle of Okinawa by United States Navy on Okinawa Island, Japan. The naval bases were built to support the landings on Okinawa on April 1, 1945, and the troops fighting on Okinawa. The Navy repaired and did expansion of the airfields on Okinawa.
This was the most critical station on the picket line. The capture of the Kerama Islands did not come without a price. On the night of 28 March, Japanese planes from Okinawa airfields made a special attack on the small patrol craft assembled between the islands and Okinawa. About a dozen were shot down, but one crashed into USS LSM(R)-188 ...