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A fact from USS Okinawa (LPH-3) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 11 April 2004. The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the unmanned Apollo VI space capsule was recovered by the USS Okinawa (LPH-3) 380 miles north of Kauai, Hawaii?

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Latest comment: 17 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Under the Okinawa's status it states "Expended as a target" can someone please explain what this terminology means? Misterrick 20:06, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

What it means is that it was used in a live firing exercise as a target and sunked. ViriiK 07:13, 7 November 2006 (UTC)Reply

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