The former amphibious transport dock Dubuque and amphibious assault ship Tarawa were sent 15,000 feet under July 11 and 19, respectively, as part of the 2024 Rim of the Pacific exercise, or RIMPAC.

An F/A-18-fired anti-ship missile was used to sink the former amphibious assault ship on July 19 during Exercise Rim of the Pacific 2024. Named for a famous World War II battle, the Tarawa is the ...

More than 990 U.S. Marines and 30 U.S. sailors were killed in the Battle of Tarawa, after the U.S. launched an amphibious assault on the small island some 2,300 miles southwest of Honolulu.

More than 990 U.S. Marines and 30 U.S. sailors were killed in the 1943 Battle of Tarawa after the U.S. launched an amphibious assault on the small island some 2,300 miles southwest of Honolulu.

It is two and a half miles long, a third of a mile wide—about as big as Tarawa’s Betio. Some 50 miles north along the beads lies Roi, 7/10 sq. mi.—just large enough for an airfield.

Tarawa’s tiny islets are only a few feet above sea level, and there is no place to bury inorganic trash. So it’s dumped into a reef-sheltered lagoon, and it eventually washes up on the beach.