The Iwo Jima-class amphibious assault ships of the United States Navy were the first amphibious assault ships designed and built as dedicated helicopter carriers, capable of operating up to 20 helicop
USS Iwo Jima (LPH-2), the lead ship of the class, off the coast of South Vietnam in 1965.
USS Iwo Jima (LPH-2)
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USS Iwo Jima was the lead ship of her class and type and the first amphibious assault ship to be designed and built from the keel up as a dedicated helicopter carrier. She carried helicopters and typi
Iwo Jima-class amphibious assault ship
…slightly larger Blue Ridge class of amphibious command ships. Ships in class Name Hull number Builder Laid down Launched Commissioned Decommissioned Fate Iwo Jima LPH-2 Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton 2 April 1959 17 September 1960 26 August 1961 14 July 1993 Broken up at Brownsville, 1996 Okinawa LPH-3…
USS Iwo Jima off the United States East Coast in April 1979
2/4 Marines board HMM-363 UH-34s, 12 March 1968
Crews on the Iwo Jima hoisting the Apollo 13 command module Odyssey on board.
USS Iwo Jima being towed by a tug in c1962.