USS Okinawa (LPH-3)

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USS Okinawa in the Persian Gulf in 1987
History
United States
Name	Okinawa
Namesake	Battle of Okinawa
Ordered	24 October 1958
Builder	Philadelphia Naval Shipyard
Laid down	1 April 1960
Launched	19 August 1961
Commissioned	14 April 1962
Decommissioned	17 December 1992
Stricken	17 December 1992
Identification	Callsign: NOKI Hull number: LPH-3
Fate	Sunk as target, 6 June 2002
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General characteristics
Class and type	Iwo Jima-class amphibious assault ship
Displacement	11,000 tons
Length	592 ft (180 m)
Beam	84 ft (26 m)
Draft	27 ft (8.2 m)
Propulsion	2 × 600 psi (4.1 MPa) boilers, one geared steam turbine, one shaft, 22,000 shaft horsepower (16 MW)
Speed	22 knots (41 km/h)
Complement	667
Armament	Initially: 2 × 2 3-inch (76 mm) / 50 caliber DP guns, 8 cell Sea Sparrow BPDMS launchers, Later: 2 × Phalanx CIWS
Aircraft carried	25 helicopters

USS Okinawa (LPH–3) was the second Iwo Jima-class amphibious assault ship of the United States Navy. She was the second Navy ship assigned the name "Okinawa", in honor of the World War II Battle of Okinawa.