[DOC] [TLE] The US Navy -- Fact File: Amphibious Assault Ships - LHD/LHA(R) [PAR] Modern U.S. Navy Amphibious Assault Ships project power and maintain ... 
Basing, these ships transport and land elements of the Marine Expeditionary ... 
Wasp-class LHDs provide the Marine Corps with a means of ship-to-shore ... 
USS America (LHA 6), along with the future USS Tripoli (LHA 7) are LHD ... 
Background [DOC] [TLE] USS Tarawa (LHA-1) - Wikipedia [PAR] USS Tarawa (LHA-1) is a United States Navy amphibious assault ship, the lead 
ship of her class, and the second ship to be named for the Battle of Tarawa 
during World War II. The first Tarawa was USS Tarawa (CV-40). Tarawa was 
decommissioned on 31 March 2009, at San Diego Naval Base. ... In mid October 
2000, Tarawa was passing through the Strait of Hormuz on... [DOC] [TLE] America-class amphibious assault ship - Wikipedia [PAR] The America-class amphibious assault ships of the U.S. Navy are designed to put 
ashore a ... Although they only carry helicopters and V/STOL aircraft, USS 
America, with a ... to replace the Tarawa-class amphibious assault ships, but with 
a dry deck for ... After 2000, the LHX, the so-called "Amphibious Assault Ship 
Future... [DOC] [TLE] LHA-1 Tarawa class - GlobalSecurity.org [PAR] Jul 7, 2011 ... The primary war-fighting mission of the LHA-1 Tarawa class is to land and 
sustain United States Marines on any shore during hostilities. ... capabilities of 
several amphibious assault ships currently in service: ... The deployment began 
for the San Diego crew aboard USS ESSEX (LHD 2) in early June 2000. [DOC] [TLE] LHA Amphibious Assault Ships - Ingalls Shipbuilding [PAR] The ships have a crew of 1,204 and can transport up to 1,800 troops and their 
equipment. ... The 844-foot LHA 6 America class amphibious assault ship takes ... 
These blocks are built on land, starting with the ship's midsection, and later 
moved to ... Ingalls built the first-in-class USS Tarawa (LHA 1) and delivered her 
to the... [DOC] [TLE] Full text of "All hands" - Internet Archive [PAR] I                          I  iirri i  Moving the fleet I U vJO  is their mission Story and ... 
The 350-ton tugboats of Naval Station San Diego's service craft division ...... 
FEBRUARY 1985 39 Bearings California Honors Navy Surf and sunshine are not 
...... 19 crew mem- bers from the amphibious assault ship USS New Orleans (LPH 
1... [DOC] [TLE] secretary of energy photos on Flickr | Flickr [PAR] The blasts effectively cut off Georgia's main supply of energy amidst a brutally ... 
don't join NATO, don't insist that Russia give up its military bases in Georgia, don't 
...... United Press International's (UPI) wire service reported that book values for 
used ..... Almost certainly, this was in the 1540s, but there is a story that the font at
... [DOC] [TLE] Special Victims Unit photos on Flickr | Flickr [PAR] The Belgian soldiers of various units who have been there, rename it the 'Boyau 
... The only television shows I watch are Jersey Shore, Storage Wars, Happily ..... 
TV Land aired a mini-marathon of Charlie's Angels and Chasing Farrah episodes
. ...... In another room nearby a third member of the crew, the mission intelligence
... [DOC] [TLE] Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..: Something ... [PAR] Confined in that tiny space, the soldiers had no chance of escaping the explosion
. .... picked up the officers and their families at the airport, helped them get settled 
...... San Diego, CA with the First Marine Division and participated in assaults on 
...... 25 sailors assigned to the amphibious command ship USS Blue Ridge (LCC
...

Question: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from San Diego, CA with the U.S.S. Tarawa in the background.)  As an amphibious assault ship, the Tarawa's main mission is to land up to 2,000 of these service members on shore & to sustain them there
Answer: Marines