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USS Okinawa (LPH–3) was the second Iwo Jima-class amphibious assault ship of the United States Navy. She was the second Navy ship assigned the name "Okinawa", in honor of the World War II Battle of Okinawa .
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)
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 ...
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.
Persian Gulf. Crew members aboard the amphibious assault ship USS OKINAWA (LPH 3) fish from a sponson on which a Mark 16 20 mm Phalanx close-in weapon system is mounted. Author: PH2 (SW) JEFF ELLIOTT: Orientation: Normal: Horizontal resolution: 300 dpi: Vertical resolution: 300 dpi: Software used: Adobe Photoshop 7.0: File change date and time ...
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.
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During the naval battle, which started before the amphibious landings on Okinawa on 1 April, USS Franklin suffered over 800 killed and missing and USS Bunker Hill suffered 396 killed and missing. These were the first and third largest loss of life on damaged or sunken American aircraft carriers during World War II.