A so-called sink exercise (SINKEX) is the capstone event at each biennial RIMPAC, though the type of ship used varies. USS Tarawa, the first of its class, entered Navy service in 1976. During the ...

Good night, USS Tarawa; Let angels sing thee to thy rest. The decommissioned amphibious assault ship was sunk on July 19. as part of this year’s Exercise Rim of the Pacific, or RIMPAC ...

The US Navy’s former amphibious assault ship USS Tarawa slipped beneath the waves of the Pacific Ocean in mid-July, the victim of one of the more kinetic send-offs an old warship can receive ...

This year’s sinking of a Tarawa-class ship marks the second time such a vessel has been used for a SINKEX. The former amphibious assault ship Belleau Wood was sunk during RIMPAC 2006.

In addition to the Friday SINKEX with the former Tarawa, RIMPAC participants also joined for a SINKEX on July 11 featuring former Austin-class amphibious transport dock USS Dubuque (LPD-8 ...

This year marks the second time a Tarawa-class ship has been used for a SINKEX, following the sinking of the ex-USS Belleau Wood (LHA 3) during RIMPAC 2006.

In all, the SINKEX took two days ... the Navy and partners sunk the amphibious assault ship the USS Tarawa. That was one of the largest ships sunk at RIMPAC. It was hit by a combination of ...

As part of the live-fire sinking exercise, dubbed SINKEX, the USS Tarawa was sunk more than 50 nautical miles off the northern coast of Hawaii's Kauai island, the US Navy 3rd Fleet said in a press ...

the U.S. Navy’s F/A-18F Super Hornet successfully demonstrated its capabilities by sinking the ex-USS Tarawa (LHD-1) with the AGM-158C Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM). -This SINKEX ...

The first SINKEX event, which involved the sinking of the decommissioned amphibious transport dock USS Dubuque, took place on July 11. Both the Tarawa and the Dubuque were sunk in 15,000-foot-deep ...

It will be the first time a Tarawa-class LHA has been sunk as a target in nearly two decades and only the second of the class to be employed in a SINKEX. The SINKEX during RIMPAC is being ...