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.

2021年4月4日 · USS Okinawa (LPH-3) in the Gulf of Siam during Operation Eagle Pull, 11 to 13 April 1975 conducting the evacuation of US nationals and at-risk Cambodians by helicopter. Photo by CAPT. R. Scott Noble, USNR (Retired) from USS Edson (DD-946)

1992年12月17日 · After a six-week shakedown cruise out of Guantanamo Bay and another month in Norfolk, the amphibious assault ship began participation in her first fleet exercise in the Caribbean, 15 October.

The USS OKINAWA (LPH-3), an Iwo Jima-class amphibious assault ship, was commissioned on 14 APR 1962. USS OKINAWA served her country for 30 years, 8 months and 3 days, until decommissioned on 17 DEC 1992. After fit out and shake down, OKINAWA's first call to service was the Cuban Missile Crisis in October 1962.

2017年7月19日 · USS Okinawa (LPH-3) was laid down on the 15th anniversary of the invasion of Okinawa at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and commissioned on April 14th, 1962 with Captain William E. Lemos at the helm. The Okinawa was the second ship of the Iwo Jima-class LPH.

Battleship Okinawa (LPH-3) at the Philadelphia Navy Yard in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on the 15th anniversary of the Okinawa landing and commissioned on April 14, 1962, with Captain William E. Lemos at the helm. Okinawa is the second ship of the Iwo Jima-class LPH.

2022年7月5日 · Okinawa was the site of one of the last major island landings of World War II and scene of some of its heaviest fighting. The operation, under the strategic command of Admiral Raymond A. Spruance,...

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USS Okinawa (LPH 3) - decommissioned - - sunk as a target - USS OKINAWA was the second IWO JIMA - class Amphibious Assault Ship (Helicopter) and the first ship in the Navy to bear the name. Decommissioned and stricken from the Navy list on December 17, 1992, the OKINAWA was disposed of as a target off the coast of southern California on June 6 ...

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. Okinawa was laid down on 1 April 1960 (15th anniversary of the invasion of Okinawa) by...