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USS Tarawa
Two
United States Navy
ships have borne the name
Tarawa
, after the Pacific
atoll
that was the scene of a bloody fight in the
Pacific War
.
The first
Tarawa
(CV-40)
was an
aircraft carrier
commissioned in
1946
.
The second
Tarawa
(LHA-1)
is an
amphibious assault ship
commissioned in
1976
.
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