USS Iwo Jima (LPH-2) 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.

The USS IWO JIMA (LPH-2), an Iwo Jima-class amphibious assault ship, was commissioned on 26 AUG 1961. IWO JIMA was the first of the purposefully designed class of "helicopter landing platform ships" that took advantage of the evolution of the helicopter during the Korean War into a dependable aircraft for transporting troops.

Feb 15, 2010 · USS IWO JIMA (LPH-2), the first ship designed from the keel up as an amphibious assault ship was launched September 17, 1960 at Bremerton, Washington and commissioned on August 26, 1961. The ship carried a squadron of 24 Marine helicopters plus a Battalion Landing Team of 1500 Marines.

USS Iwo Jima (LPH-2) was the lead ship of her class and type - the first amphibious assault ship to be designed and built from the keel up as a dedicated helicopter carrier.

Three ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Iwo Jima, in memory of the Battle of Iwo Jima. USS Iwo Jima (CV-46) was to be a Essex -class aircraft carrier, but construction was canceled in August 1945 and scrapped 1949. USS Iwo Jima (LPH-2) was the lead ship of the Iwo Jima -class amphibious assault ships, she served from 1961 to 1993.

Apr 8, 2020 · Iwo Jima was the site of one of the most important and most bitterly fought amphibious operations of the Pacific War. The strategic island, needed as an air base for the assault on Japan...

USS Iwo Jima (LPH-2), the lead ship of the class, off the coast of South Vietnam in 1965. 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 helicopters to carry up to 1,800 marines ashore. [1] .

USS IWO JIMA, the first ship to be designed and built from the keel up as an amphibious assault ship, was the lead ship of the Navy's IWO JIMA - class of amphibious assault ships (helicopter) and also the first ship in the Navy to bear the name.

In August 1990, two weeks after the initial deployment of troops to the Persian Gulf for Operation Desert Shield, Iwo Jima (LPH 2) became the first amphibious assault ship to deploy to that...

NORFOLK (NNS) -- Just six weeks short of 32 years of active service, the amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LPH 2) will be decommissioned July 14 at Norfolk Naval Station, Va. Named for the epic struggle to wrest control of the tiny Pacific Island of Iwo Jima from 20,000 brave and determined Japanese defenders, USS Iwo Jima was the first ...