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USS Tarawa LHA-1 Patch – Plastic Backing

$11.99

Sailors!  Enjoy this beautifully embroidered USS Tarawa LHA-1 Patch.   You’ll love displaying or wearing it on a jacket!

  • 4″ inches
  • Sew On
  • US Veteran-Owned Business

38 in stock (can be backordered)

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USS Tarawa LHA-1 Patch – No Hook and Loop

Sailors!  Enjoy this beautifully embroidered USS Tarawa LHA-1 Patch.   You’ll love displaying or wearing it on a jacket!

  • 4″ inches
  • Sew On
  • US Veteran-Owned Business

US Navy 020628-N-3228G-002 USS Tarawa (LHA 1).jpgUSS Tarawa (LHA-1) is a United States Navy amphibious assault ship, the lead ship of her class, and the second ship to be named for the Battle of Tarawa during World War II. Tarawa was decommissioned on 31 March 2009, at San Diego Naval Base.

The ship was laid down in November 1971 at Pascagoula, Mississippi, by Ingalls Shipbuilding, launched 1 December 1973, sponsored by Audrey B. Cushman, the wife of Robert E. Cushman, Jr., former Commandant of the Marine Corps, and commissioned on 29 May 1976.[1]

Tarawa was the first of five ships in a new class of general-purpose amphibious assault ships, and combined in one ship type the functions previously performed by four different types: the amphibious assault ship (LPH), the amphibious transport dock (LPD), the amphibious cargo ship (LKA), and the dock landing ship (LSD). She was capable of landing elements of a Marine Corps battalion landing team and their supporting equipment by landing craft, helicopters, or a combination of both.[1]

The ship 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, Mexico, arrived at San Diego, California on 6 August. During the remainder of 1976, the ship conducted sea trials, tests, and a shakedown cruise in the southern California operating area. During the first half of 1977, Tarawa was engaged in training exercises off the California coast. On 13 August, she entered Long Beach Naval Shipyard for post shakedown availability, which was completed on 15 July 1978. Following four and one half months of intensive individual ship and amphibious refresher training with embarked marines, Tarawa ended 1978 in her home port of San Diego on Christmas stand down.[1]

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