Ships
| Name | Laid down | Launched | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USS Tarawa (LHA-1) | 15 November 1971 | 1 December 1973 | 29 May 1976 | 31 March 2009 | Awaiting disposal |
| USS Saipan (LHA-2) | 21 July 1972 | 18 July 1974 | 15 October 1977 | 25 April 2007 | Sold for scrap |
| USS Belleau Wood (LHA-3) | 5 March 1973 | 11 April 1977 | 23 September 1978 | 28 October 2005 | Sunk as target ship on 13 July 2006 |
| USS Nassau (LHA-4) | 13 August 1973 | 21 January 1978 | 28 July 1979 | 31 March 2011 | In reserve |
| USS Peleliu (LHA-5) | 12 November 1976 | 25 November 1978 | 3 May 1980 | – | Active as of 2011 |
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Famous quotes containing the word ships:
“I saw three ships come sailing by,
Come sailing by, come sailing by,
I saw three ships come sailing by,
On Christmas Day in the morning.”
—Unknown. As I Sat on a Sunny Bank. . .
Oxford Book of Light Verse, The. W. H. Auden, ed. (1938)
“Haven’t you heard, though,
About the ships where war has found them out
At sea, about the towns where war has come
Through opening clouds at night with droning speed
Further o’erhead than all but stars and angels
And children in the ships and in the towns?”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)
“And when we can with Meeter safe,
We’ll call him so, if not plain Ralph,
For Rhime the Rudder is of Verses,
With which like Ships they steer their courses.”
—Samuel Butler (1612–1680)