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US Navy - Amphibious Assault Ship LHD 8 - USS Makin Island |
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Type,
class: Amphibious Assault Ship (multi purpose);
Wasp
class Builder: Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi, USA STATUS: Awarded: April 19, 2002 Laid down: February 14, 2004 Christening: August 19, 2006 Launched: September 22, 2006 Commissioned: October 24, 2009 IN SERVICE Homeport: Naval Base San Diego, California Namesake: the raid against Japanese forces on Makin Island in 1942 / WWII Ships Motto: GUNG HO ! (work together) Technical Data: see: INFO > Wasp class Amphibious Assault Ship - LHD |
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Deployments and Major Maintenance Periods: November 2011 - June 2012 with 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit - SOC (MEU/SOC) and HMM-268(REIN) embarked - Pacific Ocean, 5th Fleet AOR November 2012 - December 2013: Phased Maintenance Availability (PMA) at General Dynamics NASSCO, San Diego July 2014 - February 2015 with 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit - SOC (MEU/SOC) and VMM-163(REIN) embarked - Pacific Ocean, 5th Fleet AOR April 2015 - December 2015: Phased Maintenance Availability (PMA) at General Dynamics NASSCO, San Diego October 2016 - May 2017 with 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit - SOC (MEU/SOC) and VMM-163(REIN) embarked - Pacific Ocean, 5th Fleet AOR August 2017 - March 2018: Docking Phased Maintenance Availability (DPMA) at General Dynamics NASSCO, San Diego October 2020 - May 2021 with 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit - SOC (MEU/SOC) and VMM-164(REIN) embarked - Pacific Ocean, 5th Fleet AOR November 2022 - June 2023 with 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit - SOC (MEU/SOC) and VMM-362(REIN) embarked - Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean |
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returning to Naval Base San Diego, California - June 8, 2023  with VMM-362(REIN) embarked - Naval Base Guam, Apra Harbor - May 2023  with VMM-362(REIN) embarked - Philippine Sea - May 2023  with VMM-362(REIN) embarked - South China Sea - April 2023  Fleet Activities Sasebo, Japan - April 2023  with VMM-362(REIN) embarked - South China Sea - March 2023  with VMM-362(REIN) embarked - South China Sea - March 2023  with VMM-362(REIN) embarked - South China Sea - March 2023  with VMM-362(REIN) embarked - South China Sea - March 2023  with VMM-362(REIN) embarked - South China Sea - March 2023  with VMM-362(REIN) embarked - South China Sea - March 2023  with VMM-362(REIN) embarked - exercise Cobra Gold - Gulf of Thailand - March 2023  with VMM-362(REIN) embarked - exercise Cobra Gold - Gulf of Thailand - March 2023  with VMM-362(REIN) embarked - exercise Cobra Gold - Gulf of Thailand - March 2023  with VMM-362(REIN) embarked - South China Sea - February 2023  with VMM-362(REIN) embarked - South China Sea - February 2023  with VMM-362(REIN) embarked - South China Sea - February 2023  with VMM-362(REIN) embarked - exercise CARAT - Java Sea - December 2022  with VMM-362(REIN) embarked - exercise CARAT - Java Sea - December 2022  with VMM-362(REIN) embarked - exercise CARAT - Java Sea - December 2022  with VMM-362(REIN) embarked - exercise CARAT - Java Sea - December 2022  with VMM-362(REIN) embarked - exercise CARAT - Java Sea - December 2022  with VMM-362(REIN) embarked - exercise CARAT - Java Sea - December 2022  departing Naval Base San Diego, California for a scheduled deployment - November 9, 2022  departing Naval Base San Diego, California for a scheduled deployment - November 9, 2022  equipment onload - Naval Base San Diego, California - November 2022  well deck operations - Pacific Ocean - July 2022  well deck operations - Pacific Ocean - July 2022  Pacific Ocean - July 2022  Pacific Ocean - July 2022  RIM-116 rolling airframe missile (RAM) fire exercise - Pacific Ocean - April 2022  Pacific Ocean - February 2022  Pacific Ocean - February 2022  Pacific Ocean - February 2022  Pacific Ocean - February 2022  Pacific Ocean - February 2022  LCAC well deck operations - Pacific Ocean - February 2022 > continue > LHD-8 image page 2 < |
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USS Makin Island (LHD 8): USS Makin Island was laid down on 14 February 2004 by the Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi. She was christened on 19 August 2006, sponsored by Mrs. Silke Hagee, wife of General Michael Hagee, Commandant of the Marine Corps, and launched on 15 September 2006. In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, US Navy officials announced that several ships under construction at Ingalls Shipbuilding had been damaged by the storm, including Makin Island and two Arleigh Burke-class destroyers. The ship's completion was delayed due to rewiring during 2008 to repair incorrect wiring installation. On 21 October 2008 USS Makin Island qualified their first Surface Warfare Officer. After 15 months of training and studying, Ensign Ebony Miller, of Makin Island's deck department, became the first officer to earn a SWO pin at the command. Makin Island was delivered to the US Navy on 16 April 2009 and was commissioned at Pascagoula, Mississippi without ceremony on 26 June 2009 with Captain Bob Kopas in command. Makin Island departed 10 July 2009 on a transit around South America, during which the crew continued to train, obtaining underway certifications in preparation for its arrival in San Diego. During the transit, Makin Island conducted theater security cooperation (TSC) activities with Brazil, Chile and Peru, focusing on working closely with partner nation civil and maritime forces to share methods and training. She arrived in her home port of San Diego on 14 September 2009. Captain Kopas stated in an interview on local radio that the Makin Island had saved about $2 million in fuel, compared with a conventional propulsion system, on her voyage from Mississippi around South America to San Diego. Her official commissioning ceremony took place on 24 October 2009 at Naval Air Station North Island, Coronado near San Diego. Six USMC veterans of the Makin Island raid attended the ceremony. Damage to a turning gear delayed the ship's final check-out trials from August to September 2010. Makin Island visited San Francisco in October 2010 as part of the city's 2010 Fleet Week festivities. She returned to Fleet Week in 2012 after her maiden deployment to the 5th and 7th Fleet area of operations. On 1 October 2014, during the early months of Operation Inherent Resolve, Makin Island was part of a naval task force in the northern Gulf with the 11th MEU embarked and engaged in active battle operations against ISIS. Shortly after take-off, an MV-22 lost power and dropped towards the water's surface, prompting two of the crew on board to bail out into the water. The pilot was ultimately able to regain control and land, while other aircraft, watercraft, and ships from the task force began search and rescue efforts. One of the two crewmembers was found. The other, a marine NCO, was eventually declared lost, and later determined to be the first American casualty of the operation. During the December 2014 US hostage rescue operation in Yemen, wounded hostages were flown to the ship for medical treatment while she was posted in the Gulf of Aden. In October 2016 Makin Island was deployed alongside the US Coast Guard to search for missing Chinese sailor Guo Chuan, who was attempting to break the world record for solo sailing from San Francisco to Shanghai. Makin Island reached his yacht, Qingdao China, on 27 October, but found her adrift with no sign of the sailor, roughly 620 miles (1,000 km) northwest of Oahu, Hawaii. After searching an area of 4,600 square miles (12,000 km2) without locating the missing sailor, Makin Island's crew recovered his personal items and left the yacht for later salvage. |
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The raid on Makin Island 1942: USS Makin Island (LHD 8) is named for the raid carried out by Marine Raider Companies A and B, Second Raider Battalion (Carlson’s Raiders) on Japanese held Makin Island on August 17-18, 1942, 10 days after U.S. Marines commenced offensive operations in the Pacific on the island of Guadalcanal. The purpose of the raid was to destroy installations, gain intelligence on the area, and divert Japanese attention and reinforcements from Guadalcanal.The raid was launched from the submarines USS Nautilus and USS Argonaut and succeeded in routing the enemy forces based there and gaining valuable intelligence. The transformational nature of the raid is regarded by many as the U.S. Marine Corps’ first action in the realm of Special Operations. USS Makin Island (LHD 8) is the second ship to bear the name of this raid. The first USS Makin Island (CVE 93) was a Casablanca-class escort aircraft carrier which served during World War II from 1944-1946. Her aircraft provided air cover and conducted tactical air strikes in support of amphibious landings at Luzon, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa. In her period of service, she operated underway deployed in the Pacific Theatre for nearly the entire time. CVE 93 was never damaged by enemy forces while earning five Battle Stars and the Navy Unit Commendation. MOTTO: "Gung Ho" was the Battle Cry of the Second Raider Battalion and the Motto of USS Makin Island (CVE 93). "Gung Ho" translated means "work together." |
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