UH-46, USS Tarawa (LHA-1), Boeing, CH-46 Sea Knight, Photo

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Code Number:: MYNV18P10_04
Title:: UH-46, USS Tarawa (LHA-1), Tarawa-class amphibious assault ship; 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:: Boeing, CH-46 Sea Knight, Aviation, aircraft, Helo, Chopper, Rotary Wing, Whirlybird, Twin Rotor, tandem rotor transport helicopter, SAR, Search and Rescue, VTOL, Turbo-shaft, VERTOL, Aircraft Carrier, Vessel, Ship, Hull, Warship, Flatop, Navy, Military, Armament, Killingry, Weaponry, warfare, Naval, Weapon, Maritime, History, Archives, Historic, Armed Force

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Code Number:: MYNV18P10_04
Title:: UH-46, USS Tarawa (LHA-1), Tarawa-class amphibious assault ship; 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:: Boeing, CH-46 Sea Knight, Aviation, aircraft, Helo, Chopper, Rotary Wing, Whirlybird, Twin Rotor, tandem rotor transport helicopter, SAR, Search and Rescue, VTOL, Turbo-shaft, VERTOL, Aircraft Carrier, Vessel, Ship, Hull, Warship, Flatop, Navy, Military, Armament, Killingry, Weaponry, warfare, Naval, Weapon, Maritime, History, Archives, Historic, Armed Force
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