Tarawa Class LHA's

General Characteristics, Tarawa Class
Builders Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Miss.
Power Plant Two boilers, two geared steam turbines, two shafts, 70.000 total shaft horsepower
Length 820 feet
Beam 106 feet
Displacement 39,400 tons fully loaded
Speed 24 knots
Aircraft:
Nine CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopters
Twelve CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters
Six AV-8B Harrier attack planes

Vessels
Ships	Hull Numbers	Home Port or Current Status
USS Tarawa	LHA-1	San Diego, CA
USS Saipan	LHA-2	Norfolk, VA
USS Belleau Wood	LHA-3	Sasebo, Japan
USS Nassau	LHA-4	Norfolk, VA
USS Peleliu	LHA-5	San Diego, CA

Crew
Ships Company: 82 officers, 882 enlisted
Marine Detachment: +1,900
Armament Two RAM launchers, two 5 inch/54cal. MK-45 lightweight guns, two Phalanx 20mm CIWS mounts, six 25 mm MK-38 machine guns
Date Deployed May 29, 1976 ( USS Tarawa)
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