LHD-7 USS Iwo Jima
Highlights of Ship's Service History
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
28 Feb 1995
Contract awarded to Ingalls Shipbuilding, Mississippi
12 Dec 1997
Keel laid
25 Mar 2001
Launched
30 Jun 2001
Commissioned
2009
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 NavSource: Photographic History of the U.S. Navy Haze Gray & Underway |
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