USS Saipan (LHA-2)

GPTKB entity

Statements (49)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer
gptkbp:aircraftCarried gptkb:CH-53_Sea_Stallion
gptkb:UH-1_Iroquois
gptkb:AV-8B_Harrier_II
gptkb:AH-1_SeaCobra
gptkb:CH-46_Sea_Knight
gptkbp:armament gptkb:Phalanx_CIWS
gptkb:NATO_Sea_Sparrow
.50 cal machine guns
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Meritorious_Unit_Commendation
gptkb:Navy_E_Ribbon
gptkb:Humanitarian_Service_Medal
gptkb:Navy_Expeditionary_Medal
gptkb:Kuwait_Liberation_Medal_(Kuwait)
gptkb:Kuwait_Liberation_Medal_(Saudi_Arabia)
gptkb:Sea_Service_Deployment_Ribbon
gptkb:Navy_Unit_Commendation
gptkb:Armed_Forces_Expeditionary_Medal
gptkb:Southwest_Asia_Service_Medal
gptkbp:beam 32.4 meters
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Ingalls_Shipbuilding
gptkbp:class gptkb:Tarawa-class
gptkbp:commissioned 15 October 1977
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:crewComplement over 1,000
gptkbp:decommissioned 20 April 2007
gptkbp:displacement 39,300 tons (full load)
gptkbp:embarked_troops up to 1,900
gptkbp:fate scrapped
gptkbp:homeport gptkb:Norfolk,_Virginia
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Saipan (LHA-2)
gptkbp:hullNumber gptkb:LHA-2
gptkbp:laidDown 21 July 1972
gptkbp:launched 20 July 1974
gptkbp:length 254 meters
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Battle_of_Saipan
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:The_Mighty_Saipan
gptkbp:operator gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:participatedIn gptkb:Operation_Enduring_Freedom
gptkb:Operation_Urgent_Fury
Operation Desert Storm
gptkbp:previous_ship_with_same_name gptkb:USS_Saipan_(CVL-48)
gptkbp:propulsion 2 shafts
2 steam turbines
gptkbp:scrapped 2011
gptkbp:speed 24 knots
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer
gptkb:Amphibious_Squadron_50
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5