USS Iwo Jima (LHD-7)

	USS Iwo Jima in the Atlantic Ocean on 6 September 2008
History
United States
Name	Iwo Jima
Namesake	Battle of Iwo Jima
Ordered	28 February 1995
Builder	Ingalls Shipbuilding
Laid down	12 December 1997
Launched	4 February 2000
Sponsored by	Zandra Krulak
Christened	25 March 2000
Commissioned	30 June 2001
Homeport	Naval Station Norfolk
Identification	MMSI number: 338813000; Callsign: NXXG; ; Hull number: LHD-7;
Motto	Uncommon Valor
Status	in active service
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General characteristics
Type	Wasp-class amphibious assault ship
Displacement	40,500 long tons (41,150 t) full load
Length	843 ft (257 m)
Beam	104 ft (31.8 m)
Draft	27 ft (8.1 m)
Propulsion	Two boilers, two geared steam turbines, two shafts, 70,000 shp (52,000 kW);
Speed	22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph)
Range	9,500 nautical miles (17,600 km; 10,900 mi) at 18 kn (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Well deck dimensions	266-by-50-foot (81 by 15.2 m) by 28-foot (8.5 m) high
Boats & landing ; craft carried	3 Landing Craft Air Cushion or; 2 Landing Craft Utility or; 12 Landing Craft Mechanized;
Troops	1,687 troops (plus 184 surge) Marine Detachment
Complement	1,208
Sensors and ; processing systems	1 AN/SPS-49 2-D Air Search Radar; 1 AN/SPS-48 3-D Air Search Radar; 1 AN/SPS-67 Surface Search Radar; 1 Mk23 Target Acquisition System (TAS); 1 AN/SPN-43 Marshalling Air Traffic Control Radar; 1 AN/SPN-35 Air Traffic Control Radar; 1 AN/URN-25 TACAN system; 1 AN/UPX-24 Identification Friend Foe;
Armament	Two RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile launchers; Two RIM-7 Sea Sparrow missile launchers; Two 20 mm Phalanx CIWS systems; Three 25 mm Mk 38 chain guns; Four .50 BMG machine guns;
Aircraft carried	Actual mix depends on the mission; Standard Complement:; 6 AV-8B Harrier II attack aircraft; or; 6 F-35B Lightning II stealth strike-fighters; 4 AH-1W/Z Super Cobra/Viper attack helicopter; 12 MV-22B Osprey assault support tiltrotor; 4 CH-53E Super Stallion heavy-lift helicopters; 3–4 UH-1Y Venom utility helicopters; Assault:; 22+ MV-22B Osprey assault support tiltrotor; Sea Control:; 20 AV-8B Harrier II attack aircraft; or; 20 F-35B Lightning II stealth strike-fighters; 6 SH-60F/HH-60H ASW helicopters;

USS Iwo Jima (LHD-7) (landing helicopter dock) is a Wasp-class amphibious assault ship of the United States Navy. The ship was named for the Battle of Iwo Jima of World War II. The ship was commissioned in 2001 and is in service.

^ "Fact File: Amphibious Assault Ships - LHD/LHA(R)". U.S. Navy. 13 April 2016. Archived from the original on 19 October 2016. Retrieved 11 November 2016.

[Navy_fact_file-1] "Fact File: Amphibious Assault Ships - LHD/LHA(R)". U.S. Navy. 13 April 2016. Archived from the original on 19 October 2016. Retrieved 11 November 2016.

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