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	USS Saipan (LHA-2) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Saipan’s operational career began in July of 1979 when she was diverted from Fleet Refresher Training to Special Contingency Operations for possible non-combatant evacuation of American personnel from Nicaragua during that country’s civil war.
		In May of 1980, Saipan was underway to augment U.S. Coast Guard efforts to assist Cuban refugees crossing the Straits of Florida to the United States.
		From March of 1990 through September of 1990, Saipan was deployed to the Mediterranean and conducted Non-combatant Evacuation Operations, evacuating 1,600 civilians from war-torn Liberia in support of Operation Sharp Edge.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/USS_Saipan_(LHA-2) (579 words)

	USS Saipan (LHA 2)
		The explosion occurred in a trash receptacle in Marine berthing, piercing a bulkhead and injuring personnel in the adjacent compartment.
		SAIPAN's keel was laid by Ingalls Shipbuilding Co., at Pascagoula, Mississippi on 21 July 1972.
		On 25 August 1980, SAIPAN departed Norfolk for the first Mediterranean deployment by a LHA, and on 3 September 1981, SAIPAN deployed for her second tour in the Med.
	navysite.de /ships/lha2.htm (714 words)

	Battle of Saipan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The battle of Saipan was a battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II, fought on the island of Saipan in the Mariana Islands from 15 June 1944 to 9 July 1944.
		After the battle, Saipan became an important base for further operations in the Marianas, and then for the invasion of the Philippines in October 1944.
		However, the Saipan scenes were actually filmed in Hawaii and southern California.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Saipan (838 words)

	LHA-2 Saipan
		The Saipan was accompanied by the USS Ponce and the Pensacola.
		USS Ponce operated bilaterally with Greek units in exercise "Alexandros '93," with the Tunisians in "PHIBLEX '93" (Amphibious Landing Exercises), and conducted a training offload near the coast of Israel.
		In August 2002 the Navy announced that the USS Saipan would be deploying at the head of an Expeditionary Strike Group that would be comprised of a Guided Missile Cruiser, a destroyer, a frigate, and a submarine in addition to the normal LPD and LSD vessels.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/navy/lha-2.htm (1716 words)

	United States Navy article - United States Navy United States armed forces naval ships aircraft Continental - ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		USS Pueblo — intelligence vessel captured by North Korea.
		USS Merrimac — a wooden warship rebuilt by the Confederates as the ironclad CSS Virginia
		Sank the USS Housatonic with its spar-mounted torpedo, but was sunk during or soon after the same battle, with all hands on board.
	www.what-means.com /encyclopedia/United_States_Navy (3841 words)

	CVL-48 USS Saipan
		Saipan then returned to Norfolk, arrived on the 31st, and sailed againon 28 January 1949.
		From November 1949 to March 1951, Saipan remained on the east coast,operating from the Virginia Capes south.
		For over two years, Saipan continued 2d Fleet operations, interruptingthem for midshipman cruises during the summers of 1952 and 1953 and foran overhaul.
	www.multied.com /Navy/CVl48Saipan.html (1508 words)

	Marine Corps News -> A look at the 26th MEU(SOC)''s Navy/Marine Corps Team (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		USS Ashland, the last of her class to be commissioned, is the home to 26th MEU(SOC) Battalion Landing Team 2/2 units Echo Company, M1-A1 Abraham's Battle Tank platoon, two Amphibious Assault Vehicle Platoons and an Obstacle Clearing Detachment from the Engineer Platoon.
		While larger than Ashland, USS Austin (LPD 4) is called the "middle deck," as it as not as large as USS Saipan.
		USS Saipan (LHA 2) is the flagship of PHIBRON Four.
	www.usmc.mil /marinelink/mcn2000.nsf/lookupstoryref/20001013144946 (353 words)

	Welcome to USS SAIPAN (CVL-48) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		USS Saipan, lead ship of a pair of 14,500-ton small aircraft carriers built at Camden, New Jersey, was commissioned in July 1946.
		In October 1953, Saipan transited the Panama Canal and soon crossed the Pacific to begin a 7th Fleet deployment that included a mission delivering aircraft to French forces in Indo-China in April 1954.
		Saipan was redesignated CC-3 in January 1964, but was again reclassified in September of that year, becoming a major communications relay ship with hull number AGMR-2.
	www.military.com /HomePage/UnitPageFullText/1,13476,718832,00.html (282 words)

	USS Saipan to Make Brief Stop at Port of Pascagoula
		Saipan is the lead ship in the Saipan Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG), which departed Norfolk, Va., Jan. 19 for a two-month deployment to the Caribbean.
		The Saipan ESG is led by Capt. Chris Chace, and includes Saipan, USS Trenton (LPD 14), USS Oak Hill (LSD 51) and an embarked helicopter detachment from Helicopter Combat Support Squadron (HC) 6.
		Saipan's mission in support of NH Haiti is to deliver Seabees and their equipment to a remote area of Haiti where reconstruction assistance is badly needed.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/library/news/2005/01/mil-050125-nns02.htm (444 words)

	USS Saipan (CVL-48) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		The first Saipan (CVL-48) was laid down on 10 July 1944 by the New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, N.J.; launched on 8 July 1945, sponsored by Mrs.
		Commissioned eleven months after the close of World War II, Saipan trained student pilots out of Pensacola from September 1946 to April 1947 when, reassigned to Norfolk as homeport, she departed the Gulf of Mexico; participated in exercises in the Caribbean; then proceeded to Philadelphia for overhaul.
		Saipan then returned to Norfolk, arrived on the 31st, and sailed again on 28 January 1949.
	www.worldwar2database.com /~ironwomn/saipan.html (1886 words)

	CVL Specifications (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		USS Monterey operated successfully as a training carrier where she held landing and takeoff records for many years.
		Saipan had her fore funnel removed in 1950.
		Conversion of Saipan to CC-3 was cancelled when 64% complete and was then converted to a Major Communication Relay Ship in 1966 with antennas mounted on the forward part of the flight deck and hangar deck converted to house communication equipment.
	www.worldwar2database.com /~ironwomn/cvlspec.html (1075 words)

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		Seven members of the crew made it to life rafts while the skipper remained aboard to continue communications with Saipan, which proceeded immediately to the scene and deployed her own ready life boat to rescue the crew.
		While Saipan's medical team looked after the crew, the ship quickly organized an emergency fire fighting team to battle the blaze aboard Huntress and attempt to save the vessel.
		USS Dwight D. Eisenhower is forward deployed to the Mediterranean Sea on a routine six-month deployment.
	www.chinfo.navy.mil /navpalib/news/eurnews/eur98/eur98027.txt (2712 words)

	USS Saipan Supports Marines Ashore Operationally and Emotionally (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		ABOARD USS SAIPAN, At Sea (NNS) -- After the initial growing pains subsided, Sailors and Marines aboard USS Saipan (LHA 2) formed close bonds in the two months between leaving Norfolk, Va., and the beginning of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
		Saipan’s medical and dental departments are currently gathering personal hygiene and dental kits to send out to the Marines in the near future.
		While many Sailors await their own packages from home, the care packages for the Marines were flown off Saipan at daybreak March 31, and CASEVAC corpsmen planned to disburse them in landing zones as they stopped to pick up casualties.
	www.news.navy.mil /search/display.asp?story_id=6626 (941 words)

	saipan1.htm (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		If cloud cover is artificially enhanced, as on this day was the case with cloud layer in the front of the Italian western coast (long parallel lines are chemtrail generated clouds), then usefulness of moisture leaden clouds in shielding the battlefield from satellite monitoring in IR and visible wavelengths is easily perceivable.
		As computer processing capacities rise exponentially and ships, such as USS SAIPAN is, have all installation space one may require, it would not be a great surprise if this and other US ships are already equipped with adequate systems.
		USS SAIPAN and it's escort vessels were shielded from the view of opposition.
	www.deepspace4.com /pages/military/saipan/saipan1.htm (1136 words)

	Saipan on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		Saipan, with the other Marianas, was mandated to Japan in 1920 by the League of Nations.
		In World War II the island (site of a Japanese airbase) was taken by U.S. forces in 1944 and became a base for air attacks on the Japanese mainland.
		From 1953 to 1962 Saipan was used to train Nationalist Chinese guerrillas for infiltration of the Chinese mainland.
	encyclopedia.com /html/S/Saipan.asp (446 words)

	My Way - News
		WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is considering sending three warships with about 2,000 U.S. Marines, headed by the helicopter carrier USS Saipan, to rebellion-torn Haiti as the Pentagon weighs options to address the crisis, defense officials said on Friday.
		The Saipan is an amphibious assault ship that carries helicopters and AV-8B Harrier attack jets.
		The other two ships are the dock-landing ship USS Oak Hill and the amphibious transport dock USS Trenton, the officials said.
	news.myway.com /top/article/id/387898\|top\|02-27-2004::18:07\|reuters.html (617 words)

	US Navy Press Releases: Saipan Remembers, Gives Thanks
		ABOARD USS SAIPAN, At Sea (NNS) -- Thousands of Sailors and Marines aboard USS Saipan (LHA 2) took time for remembrance and thanksgiving at a memorial service held in the amphibious assault ship's hangar bay May 26.
		In tribute to those who have served their country, Saipan Command Master Chief, CMDCM (SW/SS) Abe Jackson, tossed a wreath into the ocean and rendered a salute, while taps played in honor of America's servicemen and women who have paid the ultimate sacrifice to defend freedom around the world.
		Saipan, which deployed to the Arabian Gulf Jan. 10, is now scheduled to offload its Marines and equipment from the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade in Morehead City, N.C., and return to its homeport of Norfolk, Va., in late June.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_pnav/is_200305/ai_3042250314 (493 words)

	DANFS: USS Saipan (CVL-48)
		From November 1949 to March 1951, Saipan remained on the east coast, operating from the Virginia Capes south.
		In October 1953, she departed the east coast and steamed for the Panama Canal and the Pacific.
		Later in the day, Saipan entered the harbor, offloaded spare parts and maintenance personnel, and departed for Manila.
	www.ibiblio.org /hyperwar/USN/ships/danfs/CVL/cvl48.html (1911 words)

	saipan.htm (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		Two atomic attack submarines, probably USS Albany (SSN 753) and USS Pittsburgh (SSN 720), which have been in the escort of this battle group, have not been seen to arrive or leave, for obvious reasons.
		Fortunately, in contrast to the northern Italian flatlands to the north-west, or Slovenian Alps the north, where rains caused heavy floods and mudslides at the same time, we in Rijeka region were spared similar difficulties because of porous rock terrain we live on.
		Further details on local weather behavior caused by the USS SAIPAN battle group's activities, supported with land and satellite images, can be reached following links on this pages of Croatian Chemtrail Diary.
	www.deepspace4.com /pages/military/saipan/saipan.htm (1153 words)

	Global Beat: Fact Sheet: U.S. Forces for a Possible Kosovo Intervention (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		USS Atlanta (SSN 712) - nuclear submarine, capable of launching land-attack Tomahawk missiles from torpedo tubes, company of 150.
		USS Newport News (SSN 750) - nuclear submarine, capable of launching land-attack Tomahawk missiles from both torpedo tubes and vertical launchers, company of 150.
		USS San Juan (SSN 751) - nuclear submarine, capable of launching land-attack Tomahawk missiles from both torpedo tubes and vertical launchers, company of 120.
	www.nyu.edu /globalbeat/balkan/valasek100798.html (711 words)

	USN Ships--USS Arlington (AGMR-2)
		USS Arlington, a 14,500-ton major communications relay ship, was originally commissioned in July 1946 as the small aircraft carrier Saipan (CVL-48).
		USS Arlington arrived in California in August 1969.
		This page features all of our views of USS Arlington (AGMR-2), and provides a link to views of her when she was USS Saipan (CVL-48).
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-usn/usnsh-a/agmr2.htm (469 words)

	Explosion Aboard USS Saipan Injures 11 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		Official U.S. Navy file photo of USS Saipan (LHA 2).
		ARABIAN GULF, Aboard USS Saipan (NNS) -- An explosion occurred May 7 in a berthing compartment aboard USS Saipan (LHA 2) injuring 11 personnel.
		One of the injured has been evacuated to an Army field hospital in Kuwait with a serious arm wound and is in stable condition.
	www.news.navy.mil /search/display.asp?story_id=7346 (159 words)

	Marine General Thanks Sailors for Support (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		Richard F. Natonski (right), Commanding General of the Second Marine Expeditionary Brigade, presents an AK-47 rifle to Capt. Chris Hase, the Commanding Officer of USS Saipan (LHA 2), in appreciation for the support the crew gave Marines during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
		The rifle was presented in appreciation to the officers and crew of Saipan for their support of the Marines during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
		Saipan spent 148 days out to sea without a port visit of any kind in support of the Marines who were fighting ashore.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/990706/posts (1361 words)

	USS CHIEF's Web Site Privacy Policy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		The purpose is to provide information and news about the USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) to the general public.
		USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) does not use persistent cookies, i.e., tokens that pass information back and forth from your machine to the server and remain after you close your browser.
		USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) does use session cookies, i.e., tokens that remain active only until you close your browser, in order to make the site easier for you to use.
	www.cnsl.spear.navy.mil /ships/saipan/Privacy.htm (402 words)

	United States Navy Article, UnitedStatesNavy Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		The frigates became famous in the War of 1812, where theyunexpectedly defeated the British Royal Navy on a number of occasions.
		USS Thresher — sunk in anaccident in 1963
		The destroyer evolved from the need of navies to counter a new ship which made a devastating debut inthe Chilean Civil War of 1891 and in the Sino-Japanese War of 1894.
	www.anoca.org /uss/war/united_states_navy.html (2349 words)

	U.S. Navy - A Brief History of Aircraft Carriers - USS Saipan (CVL 48) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		For over two years, Saipan continued Second Fleet operations, interrupting them for midshipman cruises during the summers of 1952 and 1953 and for an overhaul.
		On 20 April 1954, she delivered the helicopters to Air Force personnel in the Philippines; and, at the end of the month, she resumed operations off the coast of Korea.
		During her first patrol in Tonkin Gulf from 21 August to 18 September, she provided reliable message handling facilities for ships of the Seventh Fleet in support of combat operations; and, in addition, assisted ships in repairing and better utilizing their electronic equipment.
	www.chinfo.navy.mil /navpalib/ships/carriers/histories/cv48-saipan/cv48-saipan.html (1963 words)

	USS Saipan CVL 48 - US Navy - Korean War Project
		Comments: Served aboard USS Saipan 1950 - 1957.
		Comments: Looking for my son, Victor A. Collazo, last heard in 2001 was stationed in USS Saipan.
		Comments: I'm looking for Nickolas Rankin last I heard he was still aboard the USS Saipan.
	www.koreanwar.org /html/units/navy/uss_saipan.htm (545 words)

	Around The Fleet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		USS George Washington (CVN 73) Sailors were awakened shortly after midnight by a barrage of announcements over the 1-MC.
		A gymnasium aboard USS Saipan (LHA 2), undergoing an availability at Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, Va., was engulfed in flames, and the ship needed assistance.
		While the fire was confined to the gymnasium, Saipan was running out of breathing apparatus.
	www.dcmilitary.com /navy/tester/6_18/national_news/7019-1.html (462 words)

	The U.S.S. Arlington (AGMR-2) Home Page
		It is for all past crew members from 1966 recommission to final decommissioning at San Diego in January of 1970.
		If you were on the USS Saipan, don't feel left out, this Home Page is also for you.
		This website was created and maintained by Bruce Schulze a crewmember until the first annual reunion of the USS Arlington crewmen's association in October 2002.
	www.ussarlington.com (155 words)

	Edwards Air Force Base - Edwards maintainers deploy for sea trials (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		Schutle was one of nine Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., who deployed to the USS Saipan in the Atlantic Ocean to test the tiltrotor aircraft.
		An MV-22 Osprey prepares to launch from the USS Saipan in the Atlantic Ocean.
		The opportunity to work aboard the USS Saipan surfaced in July when airmen at the Joint V-22 Program Office, Patuxent River NAS, learned that onboard government maintainers were needed.
	www.edwards.af.mil /archive/1999/9909_seatrials.html (508 words)

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