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Is this picture real!

Started by Rick Holly in USS Tarawa LHA-1 Scrapbook : I found it on a picture search. Is this how the Navy sinks some ships?
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Alpha – Omega

Started by Rick Holly in USS Tarawa LHA-1 Scrapbook : Beginning to End
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United States Navy Chief Petty Officer

Started by Rick Holly in USS Tarawa LHA-1 Scrapbook : United States Navy Chief Petty Officer
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Which one is Tarawa? Which one is the Wasp?

Started by Rick Holly in USS Tarawa LHA-1 Scrapbook : Well?
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Can you identify what is going on?

Started by Rick Holly in USS Tarawa LHA-1 Scrapbook : Can you identify what is going on?
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This is a great view of Tarawa!

Started by Rick Holly in USS Tarawa LHA-1 Scrapbook : Posted a photo
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Aft Engine Room

Started by Rick Holly in USS Tarawa LHA-1 Scrapbook : Aft Engine Room
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It's from the '86 West Pac Cruise book. The pictures were taken during the cruise. I'm not sure which months in '86.

Started by Rick Holly in USS Tarawa LHA-1 Scrapbook : It's from the '86 West Pac Cruise book. The pictures were taken during the cruise. I'm not sure which months in '86.
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CHT Tank

Started by Rick Holly in USS Tarawa LHA-1 Scrapbook : CHT Tank
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My Work Space

Started by Rick Holly in USS Tarawa LHA-1 Scrapbook : This was my GQ station on Tarawa. I bet no one knows what this is!
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Can someone from Deck Department explain this?

Started by Rick Holly in USS Tarawa LHA-1 Scrapbook : OI Division is missing a foxtail. Can someone from Deck Department explain this?
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Do you remember this in Combat Information Center?

Started by Rick Holly in USS Tarawa LHA-1 Scrapbook : NTDS Surface and Air Consoles
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Anybody remember this?

Started by Rick Holly in USS Tarawa LHA-1 Scrapbook : What is this?
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LHA-6 in 32nd Street using Google Map.

Started by Rick Holly in USS Tarawa LHA-1 Scrapbook : Look at the detail from space!
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32nd Street from Space

Started by Rick Holly in USS Tarawa LHA-1 Scrapbook : Do you remember this?
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AV-8B Harrier aircraft land on Tarawa's flight deck.

Started by Rick Holly in USS Tarawa LHA-1 Scrapbook : At sea aboard USS Tarawa (LHA 1) Oct. 21, 2002 -- AV-8B Harrier aircraft land on the flight deck aboard the amphibious assault ship during recent...
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google earth imge of the old girl

Started by uva7 in USS Tarawa LHA-1 Scrapbook : looking pretty rough
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My Favorite Tarawa Picture

Started by Rick Holly in USS Tarawa LHA-1 Scrapbook : This is my favorite picture of Tarawa. Weird, I know. I think it is because I walked here many, many times during my years on Tarawa. This is how...
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USS TARAWA LHA-1 EAGLE OF THE SEA

Started by Rick Holly in USS Tarawa LHA-1 Scrapbook : AMPHIBIOUS ASSAULT SHIP - USS TARAWA LHA-1 Description The largest of all amphibious warfare ships; resembles a small aircraft carrier;...
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Tarawa entering a Panama Canal lock.

Started by Rick Holly in USS Tarawa LHA-1 Scrapbook : Tarawa departed Pascagoula on 7 July 1976 and set a course for the Panama Canal. She transited the canal on 16 July and after a stop at Acapulco...
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Well Deck Operations near Camp Pendleton in 1977

Started by Keith Brownmiller in USS Tarawa LHA-1 Scrapbook : Lets see if we can figure this picture out without Gus first. Don't remember those when I was on the Tarawa?
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Oh, how I remember going under the bridge!

Started by Rick Holly in USS Tarawa LHA-1 Scrapbook : Posted a photo
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Signalmen PRECOMM to 1979

Started by Rick Holly in USS Tarawa LHA-1 Scrapbook : unknown, Bill Klienjan from North Dakota, Ken Bastian from Minnesota
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the other "guys"

Started by uva7 in USS Tarawa LHA-1 Scrapbook : as a En i never got the explore the island or other "off limits areas" would be interesting to see the diffrence in cpo and officer...
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Sexy sexy by the pale moon light 5/17/05

Started by JustinMartin in USS Tarawa LHA-1 Scrapbook : Posted a photo
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Christmas 2005

Started by JustinMartin in USS Tarawa LHA-1 Scrapbook : Christmas decorating contest. Cal Lab rocked it.
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Tarawa's Hull

Started by Rick Holly in USS Tarawa LHA-1 Scrapbook : Do you remember the 1MC announcements in port telling us there were divers in the water? They were scrapping Tarawa's hull. WOW, That was a BIG...
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Commissioning day parking lot map

Started by Rick Holly in USS Tarawa LHA-1 Scrapbook : My parents drove down from Ohio to Pascagoula, Mississippi to watch Tarawa be commissioned. This is the map they show people driving to the...
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Ex-USS Tarawa's Bell Finds New Home

Started by Rick Holly in USS Tarawa LHA-1 Scrapbook : USS MAKIN ISLAND, At Sea (NNS) -- Sailors from USS Makin Island's (LHD 8) Aviation Intermediate Maintenance Department (AIMD) received the ship's...
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Tarawa and USS Midway at North Island

Started by kweberkweber in USS Tarawa LHA-1 Scrapbook : This was somewhere around 1977. I was a crewman on the ship's helo, the orange-nosed H-46, Eagle 344.
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Shock Trials

Started by abmcelroy1234 in USS Tarawa LHA-1 Scrapbook : These were taken from the bridge wing.
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Air Deck (era PRECOMM to 1979)

Started by Rick Holly in USS Tarawa LHA-1 Scrapbook : Can you name all the shipmates in this picture? (era PRECOMM to 1979) Frosty the Snowman , unknown , unknown, Sean Hogan, unknown
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USS Tarawa CVA-40

Started by Rick Holly in USS Tarawa LHA-1 Scrapbook : Shipmate Jim Putnam served on the USS Tarawa CVA-40 in the 1950s. He sent me the following pictures of USS Tarawa CVA-40. Notice the enlisted club....
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Tarawa in Dry Docks in Long Beach

Started by Rick Holly in USS Tarawa LHA-1 Scrapbook : I had a lot of fun when Tarawa was in dry docks in Long Beach.
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sar swimmer -ready life boat and eagle 1

Started by uva7 in USS Tarawa LHA-1 Scrapbook : Posted a photo
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HT's & DC's - 1987

Started by John Green in USS Tarawa LHA-1 Scrapbook : Just outside the Shipfitter Shop
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Tarawa Atoll Map - Route to Landing Boats on Betio Beach on November 20, 1943

Started by Rick Holly in USS Tarawa LHA-1 Scrapbook : This map is very interesting. It shows where the men landed on Betio Beach. I cannot image what our men were thinking as they headed to the beach.
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In Honor of the Flight Deck Crew

Started by Keith Brownmiller in USS Tarawa LHA-1 Scrapbook : Submitted by David Mcnair. In Honor of the Flight Deck Crew.
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Dry Dock

Started by Keith Brownmiller in USS Tarawa LHA-1 Scrapbook : Jorge Ortiz shared this
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Shock Tests - A Crazy Way to Test the Strength of the Hull

Started by Rick Holly in USS Tarawa LHA-1 Scrapbook : I think Tarawa had to pass an explosion hull test. Does anyone remember anything about this test?
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Westpac 2003, Mail Call, Mail Call!

Started by Rick Holly in USS Tarawa LHA-1 Scrapbook : Michael Anthony Riggs posted this incredible picture of the legions and legions of parcels during Westpac on FB. With his permission, I posted...
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GEE!! I Wish I Were a Man, I'd Join the NAVY - Be a Man, Do It

Started by Rick Holly in USS Tarawa LHA-1 Scrapbook : In 1975, I told my Navy recruiter I would enlist if he gave me the poster you see above. The poster was used to recruit men during WWI. With...
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You never know who you will run into on Tarawa Forum!

Started by Rick Holly in USS Tarawa LHA-1 Scrapbook : Posted a photo
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A Landing Craft Utility (LCU) leaves the ship's well deck with equipment and Marines.

Started by Rick Holly in USS Tarawa LHA-1 Scrapbook : The Arabian Gulf, (Feb. 12, 2003) -- Activity hums around the San Diego-based amphibious assault ship USS Tarawa (LHA 1), as U.S. Marines go...
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USS Tarawa moors behind the USS Utah Memorial on Ford Island.

Started by Rick Holly in USS Tarawa LHA-1 Scrapbook : At sea with the Amphibious Assault Ship USS Tarawa (LHA 1) Jun. 25, 2002 -- USS Tarawa moors behind the USS Utah Memorial on Ford Island, during...
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Tarawa Amphibious Ready Group to Return to San Diego

Started by Rick Holly in USS Tarawa LHA-1 Scrapbook : The Arabian Gulf (Apr. 7, 2003) -- USS Tarawa (LHA 1) receives fuel during an underway replenishment (UNREP) with Military Sealift Command Oiler...
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USS Tarawa Returns from Last Deployment

Started by Rick Holly in USS Tarawa LHA-1 Scrapbook : SAN DIEGO (NNS) -- The amphibious assault ship USS Tarawa (LHA 1) returned to San Diego from deployment, June 3. Approximately 1,000 friends...
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Grace Tarawa Returns to Birthplace - USS TARAWA LHA-1

Started by Rick Holly in USS Tarawa LHA-1 Scrapbook : May 10, 1979 Our Very Own Grace Tarawa and Chaplain Richard Reed PEARL HARBOR (NNS) -- A 31-year-old Vietnamese-American woman returned to...
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Our Very Own Asif Harun in the V1 Division Picture

Started by Rick Holly in USS Tarawa LHA-1 Scrapbook : Asif is the sixth sailor from the left.
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First time that six large deck amphibious ships from the East and West coasts have deployed together

Started by Rick Holly in USS Tarawa LHA-1 Scrapbook : The amphibious assault ships of Commander, Task Force Fifty One (CTF-51) come together in an unprecedented formation during operations in the...
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CTF-51 led Navy amphibious forces in the Arabian Gulf region during Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Started by Rick Holly in USS Tarawa LHA-1 Scrapbook : CTF-51 led Navy amphibious forces in the Arabian Gulf region during Operation Iraqi Freedom. The 32 ships of CTF-51 composed the largest...
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USNS Yukon (T-AO-202) delivers fuel to USS Tarawa (LHA 1) during an underway replenishment.

Started by Rick Holly in USS Tarawa LHA-1 Scrapbook : USNS Yukon (T-AO-202) delivers fuel to USS Tarawa (LHA 1) during an underway replenishment (UNREP), in the Arabian Gulf, 7 April 2003. US Navy...
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USS Tarawa (LHA-1) conducting an amphibious landing in Kuwait, 12 February 2003.

Started by Rick Holly in USS Tarawa LHA-1 Scrapbook : USS Tarawa (LHA-1) conducting an amphibious landing, 12 February 2003, as Marines go ashore in Kuwait. Landing Craft Utility LCU-1666 leaves the...
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CAPT. Chris Ames, Commanding Officer of USS Tarawa (LHA-1)

Started by Rick Holly in USS Tarawa LHA-1 Scrapbook : CAPT. Chris Ames, Commanding Officer of USS Tarawa (LHA-1) reads message traffic, 21 June 1997, on the bridge during Exercise Kernal Blitz '97,...
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"Navy Times" 1986 Ship in the Spotlight featuring USS Tarawa (LHA-1).

Started by Rick Holly in USS Tarawa LHA-1 Scrapbook : "Navy Times" 1986 Ship in the Spotlight featuring USS Tarawa (LHA-1).
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Sailors aboard USS Tarawa (LHA-1) prepare to move the UH-1N Huey helicopter

Started by Rick Holly in USS Tarawa LHA-1 Scrapbook : Sailors aboard USS Tarawa (LHA-1) prepare to move the UH-1N Huey helicopter from the elevator onto the hangar deck, during an exercise in which...
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AV-8B Harrier launches from the flight deck of USS Tarawa

Started by Rick Holly in USS Tarawa LHA-1 Scrapbook : An AV-8B Harrier assigned to Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron (HMM-166 (reinforced) launches from the flight deck of USS Tarawa (LHA-1). U.S....
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Marines from the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit run and train on the fight deck, 7 March 2008

Started by Rick Holly in USS Tarawa LHA-1 Scrapbook : Aboard USS Tarawa (LHA-1) Marines from the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit run and train on the fight deck, 7 March 2008. US Navy photo #...
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SAD - Tarawa after completing her final deployment before being decommissioned.

Started by Rick Holly in USS Tarawa LHA-1 Scrapbook : USS Tarawa (LHA-1) returns to her homeport of San Diego, CA. 3 June 2008, for the last time, after completing her final deployment before being...
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MH-53E Sea Dragon assigned to Mine Countermeasures Squadron Fifteen (HM-15) "Blackhawks"

Started by Rick Holly in USS Tarawa LHA-1 Scrapbook : An MH-53E Sea Dragon assigned to Mine Countermeasures Squadron Fifteen (HM-15) "Blackhawks" lands aboard USS Tarawa (LHA-1), 8 August...
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ABH3 Jonathan Lambes, left, and Melchor Navora direct an MH-53E Sea Dragon helicopter

Started by Rick Holly in USS Tarawa LHA-1 Scrapbook : ABH3 Jonathan Lambes, left, and Melchor Navora direct an MH-53E Sea Dragon helicopter assigned to Mine Countermeasures Squadron Fifteen (HM-15)...
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AMS2 Russell Butterfield and AMS3 Zach Brown, assigned to Squadron Fifteen (HM-15) "Blackhawks"

Started by Rick Holly in USS Tarawa LHA-1 Scrapbook : AMS2 Russell Butterfield, left, and AMS3 Zach Brown, assigned to Mine Countermeasures Squadron Fifteen (HM-15) "Blackhawks", perform...
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The decommissioned USS Tarawa (LHA-1) moored at the Navy Inactive Ship Facility, Pearl Harbor, HI., 6 April 2011

Started by Rick Holly in USS Tarawa LHA-1 Scrapbook : Posted a photo
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One Beautiful Night Picture

Started by Rick Holly in USS Tarawa LHA-1 Scrapbook : Posted a photo
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Swim Call - How Many of You MADE THE JUMP?

Started by Rick Holly in USS Tarawa LHA-1 Scrapbook : Posted a photo
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2012 Guests of Honor - Richard and Grace

Started by Rick Holly in USS Tarawa LHA-1 Scrapbook : We are crossing our fingers and hoping Richard and Grace can make it to our 2014 reunion!
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Did anyone ever get to see Tarawa from a helicopter? This looks scary!

Started by Rick Holly in USS Tarawa LHA-1 Scrapbook : This guy has a lot of nerve to be sitting where he is! I would like to know who he is!
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What Am I?

Started by Rick Holly in USS Tarawa LHA-1 Scrapbook : Posted a photo
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USS Tarawa LHA-1 Number 1 Flag Clip

Started by Rick Holly in USS Tarawa LHA-1 Scrapbook : Posted a photo
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Anyone Have a Tarawa Coffee Mug?

Started by Rick Holly in USS Tarawa LHA-1 Scrapbook : Posted a photo
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Do You Remember...

Started by Rick Holly in USS Tarawa LHA-1 Scrapbook : Posted a photo
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The Bridge

Started by Rick Holly in USS Tarawa LHA-1 Scrapbook : Posted a photo
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Remember The Big Cranes?

Started by Rick Holly in USS Tarawa LHA-1 Scrapbook : Posted a photo
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Fallen Comrades

Started by Rick Holly in USS Tarawa LHA-1 Scrapbook : Posted a photo
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(USS) Tarawa (LHA-1) in Mothballs

Started by Rick Holly in USS Tarawa LHA-1 Scrapbook : Posted a photo
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a Different View of the Island

Started by Rick Holly in USS Tarawa LHA-1 Scrapbook : Posted a photo
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1978 Flight Deck Crew

Started by Rick Holly in USS Tarawa LHA-1 Scrapbook : unknown, unknown, unknown
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See the Two ETs Working Topside?

Started by Rick Holly in USS Tarawa LHA-1 Scrapbook : Do you see the two ETs working topside? Can a Signalman tell us what the flags mean?
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Tarawa's Missile System and a Lucky Kodak Moment

Started by Rick Holly in USS Tarawa LHA-1 Scrapbook : I took this picture in 1978. I remember thinking how lucky I was to get the missile in the picture with my old Kodak camera! I forget what we...
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Herman the German - Long Beach Naval Shipyard

Started by Rick Holly in USS Tarawa LHA-1 Scrapbook : An icon on the Port of Long Beach's skyline for nearly 50 years was the floating crane YD-171, located at the Long Beach Naval Shipyard. The...
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Operation Specialists in Combat Information Center

Started by Rick Holly in USS Tarawa LHA-1 Scrapbook : unknown and Tony Rylow
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Does anyone have a picture?

Started by Keith Brownmiller in USS Tarawa LHA-1 Scrapbook : Does any one have a picture of the USS Ranger in formation behind the USS Tarawa? This happened after the USS Ranger had a collision with a civilian...
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1979 Combat Information Center

Started by Rick Holly in USS Tarawa LHA-1 Scrapbook : 1979 Combat Information Center Back Row - unknown, Danny White, Byron White, Kent Bishop, Charlie Petrach Front Row - Mike Jenson
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Roy Colon and Chief Ski (era PRECOMM to 1979)

Started by Rick Holly in USS Tarawa LHA-1 Scrapbook : Posted a photo
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Fun PRECOMM Days

Started by Rick Holly in USS Tarawa LHA-1 Scrapbook : We had A LOT of free time during PRECOMM days to practice basketball. We even won the San Diego 32st Street Basketball Tournament. Can anyone help...
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