USS Saipan (LHA-2)
USS Saipan underway on 5 April 2004 | |
| History | |
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| United States | |
| Name | Saipan |
| Namesake | USS Saipan (CVL-48) |
| Builder | Ingalls Shipbuilding |
| Laid down | 21 July 1972 |
| Launched | 20 July 1974 |
| Commissioned | 15 October 1977 |
| Decommissioned | 25 April 2007 |
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| Fate | Scrapped, 2009 |
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| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Tarawa-class amphibious assault ship |
| Displacement | 27,165 tons (27,601 t) |
| Length | 820 ft (250 m) |
| Beam | 106 ft (32 m) |
| Draft | 26 ft (7.9 m) |
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| Speed | Over 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
| Troops | Marine detachment: 125 officers, 1,730 enlisted |
| Complement | 65 officers, 1,009 enlisted |
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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.