Editing Tarawa-class amphibious assault ship (section)

{{Short description|Class of US amphibious assault ships}}
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{{Infobox ship image
| Ship image = USS Saipan LHA-2 amphibious assault ship.jpg
| Ship caption = {{USS|Saipan|LHA-2|6}} during [[Expeditionary Strike Group]] integration training in 2004
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{{Infobox ship class overview
| Name = ''Tarawa'' class
| Builders = [[Ingalls Shipbuilding]]
| Operators = {{naval|United States}}
| Class before = {{sclass|Iwo Jima|amphibious assault ship|4}}
| Class after = {{sclass|Wasp|amphibious assault ship|4}}
| Subclasses = 
| Cost = 
| Built range = 15 November 1971 – 3 May 1980
| In service range = 
| In commission range = 29 May 1976 – 31 March 2015
| Total ships building = 
| Total ships planned = 9
| Total ships completed = 5
| Total ships cancelled = 4
| Total ships active = 
| Total ships laid up = 
| Total ships lost = 
| Total ships retired = 5
| Total ships preserved = 
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{{Infobox ship characteristics
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| Header caption = 
| Ship class = [[Amphibious assault ship]]/[[Landing Helicopter Assault|LHA]]
| Ship displacement = {{convert|39967|t}} full load
| Ship length = {{convert|834|ft}}
| Ship beam = {{convert|131.9|ft}}
| Ship draft = {{convert|25.9|ft}}
| Ship hold depth = 
| Ship decks = 
| Ship deck clearance = 
| Ship ramps = 
| Ship power = 
| Ship propulsion = *2 × [[Combustion Engineering]] boilers
*2 × [[Westinghouse Electric Corporation|Westinghouse]] turbines
*{{convert|70000|hp}}
*2 × propeller shafts
*1 × [[bow thruster]]
| Ship speed = {{convert|24|kn}}
| Ship range = {{convert|10000|nmi}} at {{convert|20|kn}}
| Ship boats = *4 × [[Landing Craft Utility#LLCU 1466, 1610 and 1627 classes|LCU 1610]]
*Or two LCU and two [[LCM-8]]
*Or 17 [[LCM-6]]
*Or 45 [[Assault Amphibious Vehicle|AAVP]]
| Ship capacity = 
| Ship troops = 1,703
| Ship complement = 56 officers, 874 sailors (1998)
| Ship time to activate = 
| Ship sensors = 
| Ship EW = 
| Ship armament = *''As of 1998:''
*Mark 49 RAM missile system
*2 × [[Vulcan Phalanx]]
*6 × [[M242 Bushmaster|25 mm automatic cannons]]
*8 × 12.7 mm machine guns
*''Previous weapons:''
*2 × 8 cell MK- 25 NATO [[Sea Sparrow]] BPDMS launchers (replaced by Phalanx units)
*3 × [[5"/54 caliber Mark 45 gun|5-inch (127 mm) Mk 45 lightweight guns]] (removed 1997–1998)
| Ship aircraft = *Up to 19 [[Sikorsky CH-53 Sea Stallion|Sea Stallions]], 26 [[Boeing Vertol CH-46 Sea Knight|Sea Knights]], or mixed airgroup
*6 [[McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier II|Harrier jump-jets]]
| Ship aircraft facilities = {{convert|820|by|118.1|ft|adj=on}} flight deck with 2 aircraft lifts
| Ship notes = 
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The '''''Tarawa'' class''' is a [[ship class]] of [[Landing Helicopter Assault]] (LHA) type [[amphibious assault ship]]s operated by the [[United States Navy]] (USN). Five ships were built by [[Ingalls Shipbuilding]] between 1971 and 1980; another four ships were planned, but later canceled; instead they were joined by the {{sclass|Wasp|amphibious assault ship}}s.

{{As of|2015|03}}, all vessels had been decommissioned. The ''Tarawa'' class were replaced by the {{Sclass|America|amphibious assault ship}}s from 2014 onward while the ''Wasp'' class remains in service.