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
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.