Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Two United States Navy ships have borne the name Tarawa, after the Pacific atoll that was the scene of a bloody fight in the Pacific War. The first Tarawa (CV-40) was an aircraft carrier commissioned in 1946. The second Tarawa (LHA-1) is an amphibious assault ship commissioned in 1976. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.