Iwo Jima class - LH - Assault Carrier IMO: MMSI: Flight Deck: 2 Call Sign: NXXG Shipyard: Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company See Also: LH Wasp class LHD-7 Events ---Filter---Laid downLaunchedCommissionedDecommissionedStruckFate: scrappedPort VisitDeploymentAircraft History of USS Iwo Jima LPH-2 1959-apr-02Laid downLaid down at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA 1960-sep-17LaunchedLaunched 1961-aug-26CommissionedCommissioned 1965-sepDeploymentDeployment Lang Mai Bay arrived in Lang Mai Bay in Sep 1965, with USMC H-34 embarked. 1970-apr-17DeploymentDeployment Apollo 13 splashdown primary Apollo 13 recovery Apollo XIII splashdown recovery assigned as Flagship for Task Force 130, operating 300nm west of Cook Islands for Apollo XIII recovery 1980-oct-19Port VisitPort Visit Liverpool Docks, UK 1985-nov-17AircraftAircraft Eastern Mediterranean accident during VERTREP with UH-46D 152565 1992-aprAircraftAircraft asg UH-1N 158264 1993-jul-14DecommissionedDecommissioned 1993-sep-24StruckStruck 1995-dec-18Fate: scrappedFate: scrapped sold fro scrap, but Island retained as museum exhibit in Texas 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 Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company, Harbor Island
Lang Mai Bay arrived in Lang Mai Bay in Sep 1965, with USMC H-34 embarked.
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