LHD-7 USS Iwo Jima
Highlights of Ship's Service History
![[USS Iwo Jima photo]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/32/USSIwoJimaInTheFog.jpg "USS Iwo Jima (LHD-7)")
Atlantic Ocean (15 January 2006) – The amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD-7) shown operating in dense fog in the Atlantic Ocean. Iwo Jima is currently underway conducting exercises in preparation for an upcoming deployment. U.S. Navy photo by Lithographer Seaman Apprentice Bryant Kurowski (RELEASED)
U.S. Navy photo
Photo source: Wikipedia
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28 Feb 1995
![[ quill pen icon ]](http://i572.photobucket.com/albums/ss162/RustyBill/website/icon/authorize.gif "Authorised")
Contract awarded to Ingalls Shipbuilding, Mississippi
12 Dec 1997
![[ keel laid icon ]](http://i572.photobucket.com/albums/ss162/RustyBill/website/icon/keel.gif "Keel laid")
Keel laid
25 Mar 2001
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Launched
30 Jun 2001
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Commissioned
2009
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In service, assigned to Battle Force/Atlantic Fleet, homeported in Norfolk, VA.
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Ship's Official Website
United States Naval Vessel Register
Wikipedia
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Haze Gray & Underway
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