page_title: USS Tarawa (LHA-1)
section_title: Post decommissioning status
hierarchical_section_title: USS Tarawa (LHA-1) / Post decommissioning status
caption_attribution_description: English: The U.S. Navy amphibious assault ship USS Tarawa (LHA-1), and the guided missile frigates USS Crommelin (FFG-37) and USS Curts (FFG-38) laid up at the Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility Pearl Harbor, Hawaii (USA), in 2013.
context_page_description: 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 fought during World War II. Tarawa was decommissioned on 31 March 2009, at San Diego Naval Base.
context_section_description: Tarawa was transferred by the USNS Salvor to the Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility at Middle Loch, Pearl Harbor. According to FY2011 plans, two Tarawa-class ships were in Category B Reserve to satisfy Marine Sealift Requirements. 
  In July 2014 the "US Naval Amphibious Ship Historical Society" was formed by members of Tarawa's commissioning crew (plankowners) with plans to make her the first Navy amphibious ship museum. The organization is executing plans to acquire the ship and give it a permanent home on the West Coast as a museum.
caption: Tarawa laid up at Pearl Harbor, 2013.
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