USS Tarawa

GPTKB entity

Statements (44)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:ship
gptkbp:armament gptkb:Phalanx_CIWS
gptkb:NATO_Sea_Sparrow_missiles
.50 cal machine guns
gptkbp:awarded gptkb:Meritorious_Unit_Commendation
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:badge USS Tarawa (LHA-1) crest
gptkbp:builtBy gptkb:Ingalls_Shipbuilding
gptkbp:carries gptkb:ship
helicopters
AV-8B Harrier II jets
gptkbp:commissioned 29 May 1976
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:crewComplement over 2,800 (including embarked Marines)
gptkbp:decommissioned 31 March 2009
gptkbp:displacement 39,967 tons (full load)
gptkbp:fleetSize gptkb:Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer
gptkbp:hasWebsite https://www.public.navy.mil/surfor/lha1/Pages/default.aspx
gptkbp:homeport gptkb:San_Diego,_California
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Tarawa
gptkbp:hullNumber gptkb:LHA-1
gptkbp:launched 1 December 1973
gptkbp:length 820 feet
gptkbp:motto gptkb:First_to_Fight
gptkbp:namesakeOf gptkb:Battle_of_Tarawa
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:The_Big_T
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:participatedIn gptkb:Operation_Restore_Hope
Operation Desert Storm
gptkbp:pennantNumber gptkb:LHA-1
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer
gptkbp:propulsion 2 steam turbines
gptkbp:speed 24 knots
gptkbp:status decommissioned
gptkbp:successor gptkb:USS_Makin_Island_(LHD-8)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Okinawa_campaign
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6