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 1980-oct-19AircraftAircraft Cruise Terminal Port Visit visited Liverpool, with at least HMH-461 CH-53 157173 / CJ-24 ranged on deck 1983-sepDeploymentDeployment off Lebanon stationed off Lebanon after the withdrawal of IDF forces following their brief invasion of the country from Jun 1982 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 for 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
Lang Mai Bay arrived in Lang Mai Bay in Sep 1965, with USMC H-34 embarked.
Cruise Terminal Port Visit visited Liverpool, with at least HMH-461 CH-53 157173 / CJ-24 ranged on deck