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| Class | Tarawa |
| Type | Landing Helicopter Assault |
| Year | 1976 |
| Crew | 892 |
| Transport | 1903 |
| Dimensions | |
| Length | 237.2 m (pp) 250 m |
| Beam | 32.5 m - 38.4 m (d) |
| Draught | 7.8 m |
| Displacement | |
| Empty | 25,588 t |
| Loaded | 38,761 t |
| Performance | |
| Speed | 44 km/h |
| Range | 18,520 km @ 37 km/h |
| Machinery | |
| Shafts | 2 |
| Turbines | 2 x Geared steam 70,000 hp Westinghouse |
| Boilers | 2 x Combustion Engineering |
| Fuel | - |
| Armament | |
| Anti-Aircraft | |
| AA Weapons | RIM-7 (2 x 8) |
| Armor | |
| Armor | None |
| Sensors | |
| Radar | AN/SPS-48E AN/SPS-40E AN/SPS-67(V)3 AN/SPS-64 AN/SPN-35A AN/SPN-43B AN/SPG-60 AN/SPG-9A Mk. 23 |
| Production | |
| Built | 5 |
| Total | 5 |
| Ship | Code | Builder | Laid | Launch | Comm | Decomm | Fate | ||
|
Tarawa | LHA-1 | Ingalls | 15/11/1971 | 01/12/1973 | 29/05/1976 | 31/03/2009 | Inactive | |
|
Saipan | LHA-2 | Ingalls | 21/07/1972 | 18/07/1974 | 15/10/1977 | 24/04/2007 | Sold/Scrapped | |
|
Belleau Wood | LHA-3 | Ingalls | 05/03/1973 | 11/04/1977 | 23/09/1978 | 13/10/2005 | Sunk as target | |
|
Nassau | LHA-4 | Ingalls | 05/03/1973 | 21/01/1978 | 28/07/1979 | 31/03/2011 | Struck | |
|
Peleliu | LHA-5 | Ingalls | 12/11/1976 | 25/11/1978 | 03/05/1980 | 31/03/2015 | Inactive |
