USS Okinawa (LPH-3)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Okinawa.
USS Okinawa (LPH–3) was the second Iwo Jima-class amphibious assault ship of the United States Navy. She was the second Navy ship assigned the name "Okinawa", in honor of the World War II Battle of Okinawa.
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USS Okinawa in the Persian Gulf in 1987 | |
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Name | Okinawa |
Namesake | Battle of Okinawa |
Ordered | 24 October 1958 |
Builder | Philadelphia Naval Shipyard |
Laid down | 1 April 1960 |
Launched | 19 August 1961 |
Commissioned | 14 April 1962 |
Decommissioned | 17 December 1992 |
Stricken | 17 December 1992 |
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Fate | Sunk as target, 6 June 2002 |
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Class and type | Iwo Jima-class amphibious assault ship |
Displacement | 11,000 tons |
Length | 592 ft (180 m) |
Beam | 84 ft (26 m) |
Draft | 27 ft (8.2 m) |
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Speed | 22 knots (41 km/h) |
Complement | 667 |
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Aircraft carried | 25 helicopters |
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