While the Tarawa-class amphibious assault ships introduced to service with the Navy during this time have been decommissioned over the last decade, their legacy has been emulated by subsequent ...

the Navy has no real options for conducting live-fire exercises or destructive testing against anything larger and with a similar degree of protection than a Tarawa class amphibious assault ship.

Displacing 39,000 tonnes, the lead ship of the Tarawa-class amphibious assault ships required some of the newest weapons and sensors available to US and Allied forces in order to sink the vessel ...

Good night, USS Tarawa; Let angels sing thee to thy rest. The decommissioned amphibious assault ship was sunk ... The last time a ship of its class was sunk as part of a military exercise was ...

The amphibious assault ships, whether Tarawa, Wasp, or America-class, look like smaller aircraft carriers with flight decks where Vertical Take-Off and Landing aircraft can land and depart from ...

A modified version of the Tarawa-class amphibious assault ships, the Wasp-class’ design was uniquely constructed for the operation of Landing Craft Air Cushion hovercraft and the AV-8B Harrier ...

This year’s target, the USS Tarawa, an amphibious assault ship, was the lead warship of its class and was designed to transport marines and support them with its complement of strike aircraft, the ...

This year’s sinking of a Tarawa-class ship marks the second time such a vessel has been used for a SINKEX. The former amphibious assault ship Belleau Wood was sunk during RIMPAC 2006.