Royal Australian Navy Destroyer Sinks Former U.S. Amphib with Naval Strike Missile During RIMPAC 2024
Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam residents watch as the decommissioned amphibious assault ship ex USS Tarawa (LHA 1), is escorted out of Pearl Harbor during Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2024, July 16. U.S. Navy Photo
Royal Australian Navy destroyer HMAS Sydney (DDG-42) successfully fired a Naval Strike Missile and sank former amphibious assault ship USS Tarawa (LHA-1) in the waters off Hawaii during the biennial Rim of the Pacific 2024 exercise.