USS Makin Island

USS Makin Island (LHD-8) is tracked in this archive by its recorded position over time. Every line below is a dated observation, not an assessment.

USS Makin Island

LHD-8

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Last seen	Atlantic (2026-08-24)

Recorded positions

• 2026-08-17: Eastern Pacific
• 2026-08-24: Atlantic - moved

Theatres

This vessel has been recorded in Eastern Pacific, Atlantic.

See also

• USS Boxer
• USS Ross

Background

Encyclopedic context, retrieved from a reference work and archived. It is not a position record and is not counted as one.

History

• Makin Island's task is to embark, deploy, and land elements of a Marine Corps landing force in an amphibious assault by helicopters, landing craft, and amphibious vehicles. - Wikipedia
• The secondary or convertible mission for Makin Island is sea control and power projection. - Wikipedia
• USS Makin Island (LHD-8), a Wasp-class amphibious assault ship, is the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Makin Island, target of the Marine Raiders' Makin Island raid early on in the United States' involvement in World War II. - Wikipedia

Displacement

• Displacement: 41150 full load - Wikipedia

Commissioned

• Commissioned: 24 October 2009 - Wikipedia

Homeport

• Homeport: San Diego, California - Wikipedia

Builder

• Builder: Ingalls Shipbuilding - Wikipedia

Publication history

What changed and when. Computed from the sources each revision cited, not written by anyone.

• rev 1, 2026-08-25 — first published from 0 source(s)
• rev 2, 2026-08-25 — rebuilt with no change of sources
• rev 3, 2026-08-25 — rebuilt with no change of sources
• rev 4, 2026-08-25 — rebuilt with no change of sources

How this page is made

Positions are recorded by the fleet tracker at each snapshot. Nothing on this page is written by a model.

Uss Makin Island. (Chief Mass Communication Specialist John Lill, Public domain)