An F/A-18-fired anti-ship missile was used to sink the former amphibious assault ship on July 19 during Exercise Rim of the Pacific 2024. Named for a famous World War II battle, the Tarawa is the ...

The USS Tarawa — a venerable, decommissioned amphibious assault ship that was a fixture in San Diego for decades — was sunk by a missile as a part of war games off Hawaii on Friday, the Navy said.

One of the targets was the retired amphibious assault ship USS Tarawa (LHA 1), which was sent to the ocean floor by a combination of air and naval firepower, including strikes from Super Hornets ...

Royal Australian Navy destroyer HMAS Sydney (DDG-42) successfully fired a Naval Strike Missile at the former amphibious assault ship USS Tarawa (LHA-1) in the waters off Hawaii during the biennial ...

The US has destroyed its own decommissioned amphibious assault ship USS Tarawa, in the Pacific Ocean. The lead ship of her class was an amphibious assault ship that served in the US Navy from 1976 ...