USS Tarawa (LHA 1) deployments

Date	Squadrons	Battle Group	Area of operations	Operations/ Exercises	Ports of call








1996 - 1996		LPD 6 LSD 47	Western Pacific
February 7, 1998 - August 7 1998		LPD 9 LSD 39	Western Pacific Indian Ocean Arabian Gulf
August 14, 2000 - February 13, 2001	HMM-161	LPD 6 LSD 36	Western Pacific Indian Ocean Arabian Gulf East Timor	Determined Response	Seychelles Phuket, Thailand Iwo Jima Hong Kong Pearl Harbor, HI. Darwin, Australia Jebel Ali, U.A.E. Kuwait Singapore
January 6, 2003 - July 13, 2003	VMA-311 HMM-464	LPD 6 LSD 47	Western Pacific Indian Ocean Arabian Gulf	Iraqi Freedom
July 16, 2005 - February 20, 2006	HMM-163 HSC-21 Det. 8	LPD 7 LSD 52 CG 65 DDG 66 FFG 61 SSN 763	Western Pacific Indian Ocean Mediterranean	Bright Star 2005 Iraqi Freedom	Pearl Harbor, HI. Darwin, Australia Jebel Ali, U.A.E. Singapore Hong Kong
November 5, 2007 - June 3, 2008	HMM-166 VMA-211	LPD 7 LSD 42 CG 73 DDG 70 FFG 61	Western Pacific Arabian Gulf	Iraqi Freedom Enduring Freedom	Singapore Fremantle, Australia Hobart, Tasmania Pearl Harbor, HI.