Tarawa is an atoll in the Republic of Kiribati. Tarawa may also refer to: In military: Battle of Tarawa, fought on the Tarawa atoll in World War II Tarawa class amphibious assault ship, a class of ships in the US Navy USS Tarawa (CV-40), a United States Navy Essex-class aircraft carrier built in 1944 USS Tarawa (LHA-1), a United States Navy amphibious assault ship built in 1971 Naval Base Tarawa US Navy 1943-1945 In geography: Pacific/Tarawa, a time zone UTC+12 Tarawa, North Carolina, United States Tarawa (Nigeria), Nigeria Taroa, also known as Tarawa, an island in the Marshall Islands Other: Tarawa, an Earth Alliance aircraft carrier from the Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Television series Tarawa, a piece from the soundtrack of Snow Falling on Cedars by James Newton Howard Tarawa (web framework), a web application framework in Python Tarawa, Hittite midwife goddesses See also South Tarawa, Kiribati Tebua Tarawa, Makin Islands, Kiribati