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USS Nassau (LHA-4) inboard profile.
Illustration from "U.S. Amphibious Ships and Craft: An Illustrated Design History" by Norman Freidman. |
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Nassau (LHA-4) and Nicholson (DD-982)
being prepared for their dual christening ceremony to be held on 28 January 1978.
Ingalls Shipbuilding photo |
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Two McDonnell Douglas AV-8C Harrier aircraft and a Bell UH-1N Twin Huey helicopter parked on the flight deck of USS Nassau (LHA-4), 4 January 1982. The two Harriers were assigned to
U.S. Marine Corps Light Attack Squadron (VMA-542) "Tigers" (BuNo 158956, tail code "WH"), and
U.S. Marine Corps Light Attack Squadron (VMA-231) "Ace of Spades" (BuNo 158705, tail code "CG"). 158705 was retired to AMARC as 7A0028 on 26 September 1986, but 158956 crashed at MCAS Cherry Point, North Carolina, on 4 March 1982.
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USS Nassau (LHA-4) underway in the Mediterranean Sea. Photo by Mario Mederos, crew chief Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron (HMM-263) was taken during the Blue Eagles cruise to the Mediterranean in 1983. |
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USS Nassau (LHA-4) flight deck crewmen uses an MD-3A tow tractor to position a North American Rockwell OV-10A Bronco (BuNo 155447) of
U.S. Marine Corps Observation Squadron (VMO-1) on the port elevator of the ship in 1983. After its retirement this aircraft
was leased by the U.S. Department of State to the Colombian national police.
Defense Imagery photo # DN-SN-88-007789 a US Navy photo by PHAN Dougherty, now in the collections
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The launch of a North American Rockwell OV-10A Bronco of U.S. Marine Corps observation squadron VMO-1
from the flight deck of USS Nassau (LHA-4) in 1983.
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An RIM-7 Sea Sparrow missile is fired from the Mark 25 basic point defense missile system launcher during a live-fire exercise aboard
USS Nassau (LHA-4).
US National Archives and Records Administration, Identifiers (NAID) 6429707, Local Id: 330-CFD-DN-SC-88-00775 |
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USS Nassau (LHA-4) moored pierside at NOB Norfolk, VA., August 1985. |
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USS Nassau (LHA-4) underway, date and place unknown. |
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USS Nassau (LHA-4) underway during Operation "Desert Storm" in the early 1990s, location unknown. |
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USS Nassau (LHA-4) underway, date and location unknown. |
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USS Nassau (LHA-4)underway, date and location unknown.
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USS Nassau (LHA-4) underway, date and location unknown.
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USS Nassau (LHA-4) returns to her home port, Naval Station Norfolk, 10 November 1989.
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# DNSC9002191, a US Navy photo by PH1 Alexander C. Hicks Jr. |
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USS Nassau (LHA-4) underway, date and location unknown. |
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USS Nassau (LHA-4), preparing to moor at Norfolk Naval Station, summer 1992. |
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USMC AV-8B + Harrier 11 '53' om the flight deck of USS Nassau (LHA-4) early 1997, location unknown. |
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USS Nassau (LHA-4) at anchor, circa 1999, location unknown.
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USS Nassau (LHA-4) portside and overhead plan views, in 2000, showing modifications. "Her 5-in guns and Sea Sparrow missiles have all been landed; her armament is limited to two RAM launchers and two Phalanx close-in defensive guns. Remarkably she retains the dome of her SPQ-9 fire control radar, atop her lattice foremast. The two objects at the forward end of the island are GMS and aft of it, the WSC-6 satellite dish. A USC-38 satellite antenna occupies the small radome just forward of the RAM launcher. The larger of the two radomes on the lattice foremast is for a WSC-6 satellite antenna. The lower lattice structure carries an SPS-40 air search antenna. Just below and abaft of it is the box antenna of the SLQ-38 countermeasures set. A Tacan antenna (URN-25) is visible at the foremast. At its head, the mainmast carries the antenna of Mk 23 Target Acquisition System usually associated with NATO Sea Sparrow. Below it is the SPS-43 carrier controlled approach radar; the radome associated SPN-35A is visible abaft of the island. The big flat faced radar antenna is for the SPS-48E three-dimensional set. Below is the radome of a second USC-38. The antenna just forward of the mainmast is the SMQ-11A for receiving meteorological data. A,D. Baker"
Illustration and description from "U.S. Amphibious Ships and Craft: An Illustrated Design History" by Norman Freidman. |
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USS Nassau (LHA-4), flight deck view, in port, Rijeka, Croatia, 16 April 2001. |
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USS Nassau (LHA-4) starboard view, moored, in port, Rijeka, Croatia, 16 April 2001. |
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USS Nassau (LHA-4) moored pierside at Marseille, France, date unknown. |
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USS Nassau (LHA-4) underway, June 2001, location unknown.
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Members of USS Nassau (LHA-4)'s Air department Crash Crew maneuver an emergency heavy lift crane, nicknamed "Tilly" during a training exercise, 8 January 2002. Crash and Salvage crews often run drills simulating various kinds of accidents in order to improve their skill in firefighting and salvage operations.
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020108-N-9977R-002 UNDERWAY (8 January 2002) by PH1 Anibal Rivera. |
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USS Nassau (LHA-4) moored pierside, Naval Station Rota Spain, date unknown. |
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USS Nassau (LHA-4) pierside, Naval Station Rota Spain, date unknown. |
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USS Nassau (LHA-4) underway, date and location unknown. |
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USS Nassau (LHA-4) underway, date and location unknown.
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US Navy Landing Craft Utility LCU-1664 approaches the well deck of USS Nassau (LHA-4), 10 November 2002. Nassau's embarked units are providing support and training for exercise “Image Nautilus” with the east African nation of Djibouti.
U.S. Navy photo # 021110-N-9977R-002 Off the coast of Djibouti, Africa November 10, 2002 PH1 Anibal Rivera. |
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USS Nassau (LHA-4), the guided missile frigate USS Carr (FFG 52) (bottom left), and the guided missile destroyer USS Stout (DDG 55) rest in their homeport of Naval Station Norfolk, 30 May 2003. The Nassau Amphibious Ready Group recently returned from deployment in support of Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom.
U.S. Navy photo # 030530-N-6567S-001 JOC Gerard Sekerak. |
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USS Nassau (LHA-4) underway in Hampton Roads, February 2005. |
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USS Nassau (LHA-4) underway off Norfolk, VA., 23 March 2005. An MV-22 Osprey, assigned to the "Argonauts" of
Marine Tiltrotor Operational Test and Evaluation Squadron Two Two (VMX-22), prepares to land on the flight deck Nassau.
US Navy photo # 050323-N-7945K-116 by PH3 Andrew King |
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USS Nassau (LHA-4) returning to her homeport of Norfolk, VA. from a deployment, 4 May 2006 |
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USS Nassau (LHA-4) returning to her homeport of Norfolk, VA. from a deployment, 4 May 2006 |
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Spanish transport ship SPS Contramaestre Casado (A-01) and the USS Nassau (LHA-4) conduct operations together in the Atlantic Ocean in support of exercise Phoenix Express, 18 April 2007. The two-week long exercise was designed to strengthen regional maritime partnerships, focused on developing increased maritime domain awareness, better information sharing practices and the ability to operate jointly. The exercise includes participants from Algeria, France, Greece, Italy, Malta, Morocco, Portugal, Spain, Tunisia, Turkey and the United States.
US Navy photo # 070418-N-8493H-017 ATLANTIC OCEAN (April 18, 2007) by MC1 Class Steven Harbour. |
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USS Nassau (LHA-4) conducts flight deck qualifications with the air combat element of the
24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) 24 along with members of the
Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC-28). The Nassau Strike Group is preparing for an upcoming deployment.
US Navy photo # 071119-N-3165S-029 ATLANTIC OCEAN (Nov. 19, 2007) by MCSN Ryan Steinhour. |
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The "Don't Tread on Me" jack waves from the forecastle of the frigate USS John L. Hall (FFG-32) as the amphibious assault ship USS Nassau (LHA-4) pulls into Souda Bay. Both ships are participating in Phoenix Express 2008 (PE 08), the third in a series of annual exercises to improve regional cooperation and maritime security by increasing interoperability by developing individual and collective maritime proficiencies of the participating nations, as well as promoting friendship, mutual understanding and cooperation.
US Navy photo # 080408-N-2735T-030 SOUDA BAY, Crete (Apr. 8, 2008) by MC3 Coleman Thompson |
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USS Nassau (LHA-4) the amphibious transport dock ship USS Nashville (LPD-13) and the Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS Patuxent (T-AO-201) steam in formation during a transit through the Mediterranean Sea during Phoenix Express (PE 08). PE-08 is the third annual exercise in a long-term effort to improve regional cooperation and maritime security. The principal aim is to increase interoperability by developing individual and collective maritime proficiencies of participating nations as well as promoting friendship, mutual understanding and cooperation.
US Navy photo # 080416-N-9855D-158 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (April 16, 2008) by MC1 James C. Davis |
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Overhead view of USS Nassau (LHA-4), 7 May 2008, with SH-60F Seahawks assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) on her flight deck during a week-long session of maritime security training exercises. Abraham Lincoln and Nassau are deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.
US Navy photo # 080507-N-7945K-126 PERSIAN GULF (May 7, 2008) by MC2 Andrew King. |
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An MH-60 Seahawk helicopter approaches USS Nassau (LHA-4), 12 May 2008. Nassau is one of six vessels in the
Nassau Strike Group deployed in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations supporting Maritime Security Operations.
US Navy photo # 080512-N-2735T-196 PERSIAN GULF (May 12, 2008) by MC3 Coleman Thompson. |
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Search and rescue swimmers assigned to USS Nassau (LHA-4) are hoisted into an MH-60 Seahawk helicopter during a training exercise. Nassau serves as the flagship for the Nassau Expeditionary Strike Group conducting maritime security operations in the US 5th Fleet area of responsibility.
US Navy photo # 080512-N-2735T-286 PERSIAN GULF (May 12, 2008) by MC3 Coleman Thompson. |
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USS Nassau (LHA-4) center, leads a formation of the coalition ships including the guided missile cruiser
USS Philippine Sea (CG-58), the Bahraini Navy frigate RBNS Al Manama
(FPBGH-50), the Royal New Zealand Navy frigate HMNZS Te Mana (F-111), and the United Arab Emirates Navy missile boat UAENS Mubarraz (P4401) during Exercise Goalkeeper III in the Persian Gulf, 14 May 2008.
US Navy photo by MC3 Coleman Thompson. |
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The ships of the Nassau Strike Group (NASSG) transit westward in the Atlantic Ocean, 5 July 2008, as they wrap-up their deployment to the US 5th and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility. The Nassau Group is made up of the Norfolk, VA.-based amphibious assault ship USS Nassau (LHA-4); the amphibious transport dock ship USS Nashville (LPD-13); the amphibious dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD-48); the guided-missile destroyers USS Ross (DDG-71) and USS Bulkeley (DDG-84); and the Mayport, FL.-based guided-missile cruiser USS Philippine Sea (CG-58).
US Navy photo # 080705-N-2735T-887 ATLANTIC OCEAN (July 5, 2008) by MC3 Coleman Thompson. |
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Aerial bow view of USS Nassau (LHA-4) the flagship of the Nassau Expeditionary Strike Group, transits westward in the Atlantic Ocean, 5 July 2008. The Nassau Expeditionary Strike Group is completing its deployment to the US 5th and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility.
US Navy photo # 080705-N-5712P-353 ATLANTIC OCEAN (July 5, 2008) by MCSN Jonathan Pankau. |
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USS Nassau (LHA-4) the flagship of the Nassau Expeditionary Strike Group, transits westward in the Atlantic Ocean, 5 July 2008. The Nassau Expeditionary Strike Group is completing its deployment to the US 5th and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility.
US Navy photo # 080705-N-5712P-318 ATLANTIC OCEAN (July 5, 2008) by MCSN Jonathan Pankau. |
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USS Nassau (LHA-4) and guided-missile destroyer USS Ross (DDG-71) transit westward in the Atlantic Ocean as part of the Nassau Strike Group, 5 July 2008. The Nassau Expeditionary Strike Group is completing its deployment to the US 5th and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility
US Navy photo # 080705-N-5712P-126 ATLANTIC OCEAN (July 5, 2008) by MCSN Jonathan Pankau. |
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USS Nassau (LHA-4) and guided-missile destroyer
USS Bulkeley (DDG-84) transit westward in the Atlantic Ocean as part of the Nassau Strike Group, 5 July 2008. The Nassau Expeditionary Strike
Group is completing its deployment to the US 5th and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility.
US Navy photo # 080705-N-2735T-678 ATLANTIC OCEAN (July 5, 2008) by MC3 Coleman Thompson. |
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Sailors assigned to the "Dragon Whales" of Helicopter Combat Support Squadron (HSC-28) troubleshoot a transfer module problem on the flight control system of an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter aboard USS Nassau (LHA-4) Nassau is underway to provide assistance to civilian authorities, if called upon, in the wake of Hurricane Ike.
US Navy photo # 080913-N-8132M-002 Atlantic Ocean (Sept. 13, 2008) by MC3 Kiona M. Mckissack. |
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Aviation Boatwain's Mates (Handling) direct the landing and launching of an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to
Helicopter Combat Support Squadron (HSC-28) during flight quarters aboard USS Nassau (LHD-4). Nassau is underway to provide assistance to civilian authorities, if called upon, in the wake of Hurricane Ike.
US Navy photo # 080914-N-6439C-003 ATLANTIC OCEAN (Sept 14, 2008) by MC2 Amanda Clayton.
US Navy photo # 080914-N-8132M-003 ATLANTIC OCEAN (Sept 14, 2008) by MC3 Kiona M. Mckissack
US Navy photo # 080914-N-8132M-004 ATLANTIC OCEAN (Sept 14, 2008) by MC3 C3 Kiona M. Mckissack |
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USS Nassau (LHA-4) is escorted into Naval Station Norfolk, 27 September 2008 after completing a week of supporting local, state and federal authorities in recovery efforts at Galveston, TX., in the wake of Hurricane Ike.
US Navy photo # 080927-N-5758H-114 VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (Sept. 27, 2008) by MC3 Kenneth R. Hendrix. |
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A V-22 Osprey prepares to land aboard USS Nassau (LHA-4) off the coast of Haiti. Nassau is conducting humanitarian and disaster relief operations as part of Operation Unified Response after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake caused severe damage in and around Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Jan. 12.
US Navy photo # 100208-N-7638K-018 NEPLY, Haiti (Feb. 8, 2010) by MC1 Edward Kessler. |
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USS Nassau (LHA-4) prepares to receive a landing craft air cushion (LCAC). Nassau is conducting humanitarian and disaster relief operations as part of Operation Unified Response after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake caused severe damage in and around Port-au-Prince, Haiti Jan. 12.
US Navy photo # 100208-N-1082Z-030 PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (Feb. 8, 2010) by MC2 Jason R. Zalasky. |
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USS Nassau (LHA-4) transits the Suez Canal. Nassau, the command platform for the Nassau Amphibious Ready Group, and Marines from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (24th MEU) are on deployment as part of the Nassau Amphibious Ready Group supporting maritime security and theater security cooperation operations in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.
US Navy photo # 100226-N-1082Z-069 SUEZ CANAL (Feb. 26, 2010) by MC2 Jason R. Zalasky. |
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USS Nassau (LHA-4) underway in March 2010.
US Navy photo # 100331-N-XXXXZ-XX (Mar. 31, 2010) by MC2 Jason R. Zalasky. |
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Landing Craft Air Cushion LCAC-77, assigned to Assault Craft Unit (ACU-4), transports personnel and equipment from USS Nassau (LHA-4) to the amphibious dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD-48). Ashland is part of the Nassau Amphibious Ready Group currently supporting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation operations in the US 5th Fleet area of responsibility.
US Navy photo # 100521-N-1082Z-018 U.S. 5TH FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY (May 21, 2010) by MC2 Jason R. Zalasky. |
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USS Nassau (LHA-4) returns to Naval Station Norfolk after a seven-month deployment supporting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility.
US Navy photo # 100815-N-0634R-002 NORFOLK (Aug. 15, 2010) by MC2 Kristan Robertson. |
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USS Nassau (LHA-4) returns to her homeport, after a seven-month deployment. She will be moored across the pier from USS Truxtun (DDG-103).
US Navy photo # 100815-N-VK779-072 Naval Station Norfolk (August 15, 2010) by MC2 Brian Goodwin. |
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Ex-USS Nassau (LHA-4) moored at Naval Station Norfolk on decommissioning day, 31 March 2011. |
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Ex-USS Nassau (LHA-4) moored at Naval Station Norfolk at the conclusion of her decommissioning ceremony, 31 March 2011. Note she is minus her masts and antennae, part of her preparation for storage.
US Navy Times photo by William H. McMichael. |
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Ex-USS Nassau (LHA-4) under tow, 13 April 2011, by USNS Apache (T-AF-172) in Hampton Roads enroute to the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Beaumont, TX. Group. Arrived 28 April 2011 |
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Ex-USS Nassau (LHA-4) moored at the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Beaumont, TX., 2 November 2014. Note T/V Captain Rudder alongside and to the right the Roll-On Roll-Off Ships MV Cape Vincent (AKR-9666) and MV Cape Victory (AKR-9701) in their berths. |
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Ex-USS Nassau (LHA-4) under tow to the SteelCoast Co. in Brownsville, TX. for recycling, 30 April 2021. |
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Ex-USS Nassau (LHA-4) arrived at SteelCoast Co. in Brownsville, TX. for recycling, 1 May2021. |
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