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- Code Number:
- MYNV10P05_09
- Title:
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USS Tarawa (LHA-1), Bell AH-1 Huey Cobra
- Ordered: 01/04/1969
Builder: Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi Laid down: 15/11/1971 Launched: 01/12/1973 Acquired: 14/04/1976 Commissioned: 29/04/1976 Decommissioned: 31/03/2009 Homeport: San Diego, California Motto: Eagle of the Sea
Displacement: 38,900 tons Length: 250 meters (820 feet) Beam: 32 meters (106 feet) Draft: 7.9 meters (26 feet) Speed: 44 km/h (24 knots) Range: 10,000 nm @ 20 knots Fuel: 5,900 tons Complement: 82 officers, 882 enlisted, Marine Detachment 1,900+ Armament: 4 Mk 38 Mod 1 25 mm Bushmaster cannons 5 M2HB .50-caliber machine guns 2 Mk 15 Phalanx (CIWS) 2 Mk 49 RAM launchers Aircraft carried: Up to 35x Helicopters and 8x AV-8B Harrier II VSTOL aircraft
- Keywords:
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United States Marine Corps, Military, USMC, Bell AH-1 Huey Cobra, United States Marines, Military Attack Helicopter aircraft, VTOL, Aircraft Carrier, Vessel, Ship, Hull, Warship, Flatop, Navy, Military, Armament, Killingry, Weaponry, warfare, Naval, Weapon, Maritime, History, Archives, Historic, Armed Force
- Image by:
- Bill Goidell
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