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Saipan departed on her seventh deployment to the mediterranean in july 1998. Independence represented the first of a new class of carriers built on converted cruiser hulls. Us navy cruise books the largest online collection of freely. The uss preble was the fifth ship to be named in honor of commodore edward preble. Uss raleigh lpd 1, the lead ship of her class of amphibious transport docks, was the fourth ship of the united states navy named for the capital of north carolina, which in turn honors the english explorer sir walter raleigh, the first to attempt the establishment of an. After 43 years of faithful and productive service to the fleet from the entire west coast to numerous ports of the pacific and southeast asia, the uss hector ar7 deck log was closed 31 march 1987 in san diego, and she was duly decommissioned. However, formatting rules can vary widely between applications and fields of interest or study. Both decommissioned and stricken from the navy list on april 20, 2007, the saipan was subsequently used for weapons effect testing, providing vital information on structural integrity and survivability assisting in the designing and planning of future ships. He ownruns silverwood theme park in northern idaho. Guadalcanal lph 7 naval cruise book, class of 1987. Uss harris apa2 1942 1945 wwii cruise book tarawa saipan leyte cbm frank russo.
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