USS Saipan (LHA-2)

The USS Saipan (LHA-2) during Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) integration training (2004).
USS Saipan underway on 5 April 2004
History
United States
NameSaipan
NamesakeUSS Saipan (CVL-48)
BuilderIngalls Shipbuilding
Laid down21 July 1972
Launched20 July 1974
Commissioned15 October 1977
Decommissioned25 April 2007[1]
Identification
Motto
  • Omnia Facimus
  • (We do it all)
FateScrapped, 2009
Badge
General characteristics
Class and typeTarawa-class amphibious assault ship
Displacement27,165 tons (27,601 t)
Length820 ft (250 m)
Beam106 ft (32 m)
Draft26 ft (7.9 m)
Propulsion
  • 2 × 600 psi combustion engineering boilers
  • 2 × geared steam turbines
  • 60,000 shp (45,000 kW)
SpeedOver 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
TroopsMarine detachment: 125 officers, 1,730 enlisted
Complement65 officers, 1,009 enlisted
Armament

USS Saipan (LHA-2) was a Tarawa-class amphibious assault ship, the second United States Navy ship named in honor of the World War II Battle of Saipan. Commissioned in 1977, the ship saw service until 2007 when she was decommissioned. In 2009 the ship was sold for scrapping.

  1. ^ "SAIPAN (LHA 2)". Archived from the original on 1 February 2017. Retrieved 5 July 2009.