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Tarawa Class

Builders: Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi
Power Plant: Two boilers, two geared steam turbines, two shafts, 70,000 total shaft horsepower (52 MW)
Length: 820 ft (249.9 m)
Beam: 106 ft (31.8 m)
Displacement: 39,400 tons (40,032 t) full load
Speed: 24 knots (44 km/h)
Aircraft: (Actual mix depends upon mission)
Nine CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopters







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Twelve CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters
Six AV-8B Harrier II fighter-bombers
Ships:
USS Tarawa (LHA-1), San Diego, California
USS Saipan (LHA-2), Norfolk, Virginia
USS Belleau Wood (LHA-3), San Diego, California
USS Nassau (LHA-4), Norfolk, Virginia
USS Peleliu (LHA-5), San Diego, California
Four more ships of the class were in the long range plans, but were cancelled prior to being ordered or named.
Crew:
Ships Company: 82 officers, 882 enlisted






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