Iwo Jima class - LH - Assault Carrier IMO: MMSI: Flight Deck: 7 Call Sign: NIEG Shipyard: Philadelphia Naval Shipyard Events ---Filter---OrderedLaid downLaunchedCommissionedDecommissionedFate: sunkPort VisitDeploymentTrialsAircraft History of USS Guadalcanal LPH-7 1959-dec-21OrderedOrdered 1961-sep-01Laid downLaid down 1963-mar-16LaunchedLaunched 1963-jul-20CommissionedCommissioned 1969-mar-13DeploymentDeployment Apollo 9 recovery site Apollo 9 recovery Deployed to North Atlantic to recover Apollo 9 command module and crew. 1971TrialsTrials 1st US Ship to operate the AV-8A. 1978AircraftAircraft organic ship helo UH-1N 160827 1978-oct-08Port VisitPort Visit at Southampton Docks, UK. CH-53 156960 on board 1982-feb-11Port VisitPort Visit HMD Devonport visited Devonport en route Norfolk, Va to Norwegian waters. Her USMC HML-167 air group of CH-46E and UH-1N were aboard. 1982-sep-30Port VisitPort Visit HMNB Portsmouth visited Portsmouth 25-28 Sep 1982 with helos of HMA-767, HMA-773 and HMH-777 embarked 1987DeploymentDeployment deployed to Persian Gulf with Navy MH-53E in the first operational mine countermeasures role. 1994-aug-31DecommissionedDecommissioned 2005-may-19Fate: sunkFate: sunk as a target Add new event for this unitYear:Month: <- (1/12) Optional Day: <- (1/31) Optional Text: Add Event Specifications Iwo Jima class 660crew 2100troops 11000light (tn) 18400full load (tn) 180length (m) 26beam (m) 8.20draught (m) 22max speed (knots) 22000power (shp) 2Naval Engine boilers1Naval Engine steam turbines 2Close-In Weapon System CIWS Phalanx 20 mm Aircraft Typical Max USMC B-V 107M H-46 Sea Knight 825 USMC Sikorsky S-65 H-53 40 USMC Bell 209 AH-1 Cobra 40 USMC Bell UH-1N 20 Builder Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, League Island
HMD Devonport visited Devonport en route Norfolk, Va to Norwegian waters. Her USMC HML-167 air group of CH-46E and UH-1N were aboard.
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