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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 .
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.
USS Missouri (BB-63) is an Iowa-class battleship built for the United States Navy (USN) in the 1940s and is a museum ship.Completed in 1944, she is the last battleship commissioned by the United States.
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.
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)
The carrier's air group participated in the air raid on the major Imperial Japanese Navy base at Rabaul, [10] along with USS Essex and USS Independence on 11 November 1943. During the mission the carriers' fighters (VF-18) escorted bombers to Rabaul, and CV-17 was reunited with VF-17, then land-based at Ondonga Airfield in the Solomon Islands .
USS Laffey (DD-724) is an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer constructed during World War II, laid down and launched in 1943, and commissioned in February 1944.She was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Seaman Bartlett Laffey, who was awarded the Medal of Honor for his stand against the Confederate States of America on 5 March 1864.
USS LCS(L)(3)-102 is an LCS(L)(3)-1 Class Landing Craft Support ship built for the United States Navy during World War II. The vessel was completed near the end of the war and saw brief service during the Battle of Okinawa. After the war, LCS(L)(3)-102 served in China before being decommissioned in 1946 and then transferred to Japan in mid-1953.