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English: The U.S. Navy amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LPH-2) underway at sea, in 1974. Visible on deck are Bell UH-1N Twin Huey, three Bell AH-1J SeaCobra, eight Boeing-Vertol CH-46 Sea Knight of Marine Medium Helicopter Transport Squadron 261 (HMM-261) and two Sikorsky RH-53D of Mine Countermeasures Squadron 12 (HM-12).
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Fabrication work for Iwo Jima began at Ingalls shipyard on 3 September 1996, and the ship's keel was laid on 12 December 1997. At the keel laying ceremony, United States Army Captain Jacklyn H. Lucas, who was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions while serving as a Marine at the Battle of Iwo Jima, placed his Medal of Honor citation in the hull of the ship, where it remains today. [2]
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The Japanese Defense Ship, Mashu Class Oiler JDS MASHU (AOE 425) pulls alongside the Wasp Class Amphibious Assault Ship USS IWO JIMA (LHD 7) during a replenishment at sea on Sep. 4, 2006 to the Arabian Sea. The IWO JIMA is on a six-month deployment in support of Maritime Security Operations and the Global War on Terrorism.
Witty, like some others, compared it to Joe Rosenthal’s AP photo of U.S. Marines raising the American flag on Iwo Jima in World War II — an image so memorable to so many that it inspired a ...
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 ...
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