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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.
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.
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 .
Navy: 10,007 at Okinawa, [b] 1,294 on USS Franklin [c] Marines: 19,460 [d] Non-battle casualties: 26,211 to 33,096 (all causes) [17] British personnel: Battle casualties: 119 killed 83 wounded 228 aircraft lost 4 fleet carriers damaged in kamikaze strikes [3] Total casualties: ~76,000 to 84,000 Materiel: 375 tanks destroyed [18] 13 destroyers sunk
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)
USS LCS(L)-116: Landing Craft Air Attack, kamikaze hit aft gun mount 12 12 18 Apr 45 USS LSM-28: Landing Ship Air Attack 0 0 22 Apr 45 USS Isherwood: Destroyer Air Attack, kamikaze w/bomb crashed gun mount 42 41 22 Apr 45 *USS Swallow: Small Sweeper Air attack, bad kamikaze hit flooded her, 3 mins sunk 2 9 22 Apr 45 USS LCS(L)-15: Landing Craft ...
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 ...