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    USS Makin Island (LHD-8), a Wasp-class amphibious assault ship, is the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Makin Island, target of the...
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  • escort carrier, launched in 1944 and stricken in 1946. The second USS Makin Island (LHD-8), is a Wasp-class amphibious assault ship. She was launched on...
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    aircraft and helicopter gunships. The design is based on that of USS Makin Island (LHD-8), itself an improved version of the Wasp-class amphibious assault...
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  • "Little Makin" USS Makin Island (CVE-93), a United States Navy escort aircraft carrier in commission from 1944 to 1946 USS Makin Island (LHD-8), a United...
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  • USS Wasp (LHD-1) USS Essex (LHD-2) USS Kearsarge (LHD-3) USS Boxer (LHD-4) USS Bataan (LHD-5) USS Iwo Jima (LHD-7) USS Makin Island (LHD-8) USS America...
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    the U.S. Navy’s first hybrid electric propulsion warship, the USS Makin Island (LHD-8) from June 2013 to December 2014, having started out as its executive...
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    USS Iwo Jima (LHD-7) USS Makin Island (LHD-8) America class: USS America (LHA-6) USS Tripoli (LHA-7) USS Bougainville (LHA-8) Bayfield-class attack transports...
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    USS Essex (LHD-2) USS Boxer (LHD-4) USS Tripoli (LHA-7) USS Makin Island (LHD-8) USS Green Bay (LPD-20) USS San Diego (LPD-22) USS Anchorage (LPD-23) USS Somerset (LPD-25)...
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    USS Makin Island, was instead fitted with two General Electric LM2500 geared gas turbines. The ship's company consists of 1,208 personnel. The LHDs can...
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    Australian Navy) Spanish ship Juan Carlos I (L61) (Spanish Navy) USS Makin Island (LHD-8) (United States Navy) Cruiser: Ticonderoga-class cruiser (United...
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  • AN/SPY-3 was also under consideration for retrofit to existing ships (USS Makin Island (LHD-8), Nimitz-class aircraft carriers, and San Antonio-class amphibious...
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  • American official said a USMC MV-22B Osprey that was sent from USS Makin Island (LHD-8) to evacuate the wounded troops in the raid crash-landed nearby...
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    Group – USS Bataan (LHD-5) Iwo Jima Expeditionary Strike Group USS Iwo Jima (LHD-7) Makin Island Expeditionary Strike Group – USS Makin Island (LHD-8) America...
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    the Navy’s first hybrid propulsion drive ship, USS Makin Island (LHD-8). During his tenure, Makin Island completed its maiden deployment and achieved numerous...
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    carrier Cavour (550) USS Makin Island (LHD-8) USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) HMS Prince of Wales (R09) USS Tripoli (LHA-7) USS Boxer (LHD-4) USS George Washington (CVN-73)...
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    Ships". US Navy Fact File. US Navy. 2007-08-22. Retrieved 2009-04-10. DANFS USS KALAMAZOO (AOR-6) website US Naval Vessel Register KMS Dithmarschen Spanish...
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    utility as surveillance drone". Defense News. Retrieved 2023-02-02. "McMillan Tac-338 Sniper Rifle". americanspecialops.com. Retrieved 8 December 2021....
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    replace USS Peleliu of the Tarawa class; as many as eleven will be built. The design of the America class is based on that of USS Makin Island, the last...
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    Higbee Lewis B. Puller Leyte Gulf Louisiana Mahan Maine Makin Island Manchester Marinette "USS Marinette Commissions the Wright Way". dvidshub.net. 16...
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    demonstrates life preserver inflation during "abandon ship" drill aboard USS Makin Island (LHD-8). YN1 Latricia Perkins (left), assigned to the Administration Department...
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    USS Tarawa (LHA-1) USS Princeton (CG-59) USS Makin Island (LHD-8) USS Gary (FFG-51) USS Freedom (LCS-1) USS Princeton (CG-59) USS Rushmore (LSD-47) USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76)...
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  • (LSD-47) USS San Diego (LPD-22) USS Tripoli (LHA-7) USS Boxer (LHD-4) USS Essex (LHD-2) USS Makin Island (LHD-8) USS Anchorage (LPD-23) USS Somerset (LPD-25)...
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    that served during the Cold War. The design of Tripoli is based on USS Makin Island, which is itself an improved version of the Wasp-class amphibious assault...
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    Richard (LHD-6), scrapped after a 12 July 2020 pierside fire USS Iwo Jima (LHD-7) [A] USS Makin Island (LHD-8) [A] The Landing Platform Helicopter (LPH) would be...
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    amphibious assault ship (LHD) (843 ft, 40,500 tons) USS Wasp USS Essex USS Kearsarge USS Boxer USS Bataan USS Iwo Jima USS Makin Island America-class amphibious...
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    Vehicle (LCV) System, both of which were designed in part with the remote island defence mission in mind. If stood up, the new unit together with the WAIR...
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    "Multirole LHD". Fincantieri.com. Archived from the original on 2017-02-15. Retrieved 2017-01-12. "Navy names next aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy"...
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  • Stationed in San Diego, CA (Composed of USS Makin Island, USS Anchorage, and USS John P. Murtha) Amphibious Squadron 8 - Stationed in Norfolk, VA Amphibious...
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    team of United States Navy SEALs from the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD-8) in an operation to rescue two hostages – American Luke Somers...
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    Operation Iraqi Freedom. With 60 Harriers operating from the USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD-6) and 16 from Al Jaber Air Base in Kuwait, Harriers of Marine...
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