USS Iwo Jima (LPH-2)

GPTKB entity

Statements (39)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer
gptkbp:aircraftCarried helicopters
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Meritorious_Unit_Commendation
gptkb:National_Defense_Service_Medal
gptkb:Republic_of_Vietnam_Campaign_Medal
gptkb:Vietnam_Service_Medal
gptkb:Humanitarian_Service_Medal
gptkb:Navy_Expeditionary_Medal
gptkb:Kuwait_Liberation_Medal_(Kuwait)
gptkb:Kuwait_Liberation_Medal_(Saudi_Arabia)
gptkb:Sea_Service_Deployment_Ribbon
gptkb:Navy_Unit_Commendation
gptkb:Armed_Forces_Expeditionary_Medal
gptkb:Southwest_Asia_Service_Medal
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Puget_Sound_Naval_Shipyard
gptkbp:class gptkb:Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer
gptkbp:commissioned 26 August 1961
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:crewComplement officers and enlisted: 650
gptkbp:decommissioned 14 July 1993
gptkbp:displacement 18,474 tons (full load)
gptkbp:fate scrapped
gptkbp:homeport gptkb:Norfolk,_Virginia
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Iwo Jima (LPH-2)
gptkbp:hullNumber gptkb:LPH-2
gptkbp:launched 17 September 1960
gptkbp:length 592 feet
gptkbp:namedAfter Battle of Iwo Jima
gptkbp:notableEvent served as flagship during Operation Eagle Claw
first ship designed and built from the keel up as an amphibious assault ship
gptkbp:operator gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:participatedIn gptkb:Vietnam_War
gptkb:Operation_Eagle_Claw
gptkbp:propulsion steam turbines
gptkbp:scrapped 1995
gptkbp:seatingCapacity 1,900 Marines
gptkbp:speed 21 knots
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5