The seven ships of the Iwo Jima-class were given non-sequential hull numbers, as, at the time of their construction, five existing aircraft carriers were being converted to serve in the Landing Platform Helicopter role - these five ships were renumbered, with the new ships slotted into a single sequence. The five existing ships were:
^aBlock Island was redesignated from CVE-106 to LPH-1 in anticipation of the ship being converted into the LPH role under project SCB 159. However, before the work could begin, the ship's conversion was cancelled, and it reverted back to its original number.[3]
Popular cultureedit
One of the Iwo Jima-class ships served as the fieldsite in Edwin Hutchins's classic cognitive science study Cognition in the Wild.[4] Although Hutchins does not mention the ship class by name, on p. 7 he characterizes it as a 603-foot-long (184 m) amphibious helicopter carrier.
Referencesedit
^Friedman, Norman (2002). U.S. Amphibious Ships and Craft: An Illustrated Design History. Illustrated Design Histories. Naval Institute Press. pp. 351–362. ISBN1-55750-250-1. Retrieved March 22, 2010.
^Friedman, Norman (2002). U.S. Amphibious Ships and Craft: An Illustrated Design History. Illustrated Design Histories. Naval Institute Press. pp. 428–429. ISBN1-55750-250-1. Retrieved March 22, 2010.
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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Iwo Jima class amphibious assault ship news newspapers books scholar JSTOR January 2009 Learn how and when to remove this template message The Iwo Jima class amphibious assault ships of the United States Navy were the first amphibious assault ships designed and built as dedicated helicopter carriers capable of operating up to 20 helicopters to carry up to 1 800 marines ashore 1 They were named for battles featuring the United States Marine Corps starting with the Battle of Iwo Jima The first ship of the class was commissioned in 1961 and the last was decommissioned in 2002 The hull classification of LPH stands for Landing Platform Helicopter USS Iwo Jima LPH 2 the lead ship of the class off the coast of South Vietnam in 1965 Class overviewBuildersPuget Sound Naval Shipyard Philadelphia Naval Shipyard Ingalls ShipbuildingOperators United States NavyPreceded byEssex class some ships converted Succeeded byTarawa classIn commission1961 2002Completed7Active0Laid up0Retired7General characteristicsTypeAmphibious assault ship LPH Displacement18 474 tons full 11 000 tons light Length592 ft 180 m Beam84 ft 26 m Draft27 ft 8 2 m Propulsion2 600 psi 4 1 MPa boilers one geared steam turbine one shaft 22 000 shaft horsepower 16 MW Speed22 knots 41 km h Troops2 157Complement667ArmamentInitially 2 2 3 inch 76 mm 50 caliber DP guns 8 cell Sea Sparrow BPDMS launchers Later 2 Phalanx CIWSAviation facilities25 helicopters or AV 8 Harriers Flight deck width 105 ft 32 m Contents 1 Operational history 2 Ships in class 3 Popular culture 4 ReferencesOperational history editShips of this class participated in several conflicts and peacekeeping and humanitarian relief operations Nuclear weapons test support Johnston Atoll 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis 1962 Vietnam War 1963 1973 Dominican Civil War 1965 Gemini and Apollo spacecraft recovery 1966 1975 Iran hostage crisis 1980 Multinational Force in Lebanon 1982 1983 Operation Urgent Fury Grenada 1983 Operation Earnest Will Persian Gulf 1987 1988 Operation Sharp Edge Liberia 1990 Gulf War 1990 1991 Operation Eastern Exit Somalia 1991 Operation Restore Hope Somalia 1993 Operation Continue Hope Somalia 1994 Operation Deny Flight Bosnia 1994 Operation Uphold Democracy Haiti 1994 Operation Vigilant Warrior Kuwait 1994 Operation Assured Response Liberia 1996One ship of this class USS Guam LPH 9 was used in a 1970 1974 Sea Control Ship experiment to test the concept of a smaller aircraft carrier using V STOL aircraft Another ship USS Inchon LPH 12 was converted to a mine countermeasures ship which hosted mine sweeping helicopters The hull design of the Iwo Jima class also became the basis of the slightly larger Blue Ridge class of amphibious command ships 2 Ships in class editName Hull number Builder Laid down Launched Commissioned Decommissioned FateIwo Jima LPH 2 Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Bremerton 2 April 1959 17 September 1960 26 August 1961 14 July 1993 Broken up at Brownsville 1996Okinawa LPH 3 Philadelphia Naval Shipyard Philadelphia 1 April 1960 19 August 1961 14 April 1962 17 December 1992 Sunk as target 6 June 2002Guadalcanal LPH 7 1 September 1961 16 March 1963 20 July 1963 31 August 1994 Sunk as target 19 May 2005Guam LPH 9 15 November 1962 22 August 1964 16 January 1965 25 August 1998 Sunk as target 16 October 2001Tripoli LPH 10 Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula 15 June 1964 31 July 1965 6 August 1966 15 September 1995 Broken up at Brownsville 2018New Orleans LPH 11 Philadelphia Naval Shipyard Philadelphia 1 March 1966 3 February 1968 16 November 1968 31 October 1997 Sunk as target 10 July 2010Inchon LPH 12 Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascasgoula 8 April 1968 24 May 1969 20 June 1970 20 June 2002 Sunk as target 5 December 2004The seven ships of the Iwo Jima class were given non sequential hull numbers as at the time of their construction five existing aircraft carriers were being converted to serve in the Landing Platform Helicopter role these five ships were renumbered with the new ships slotted into a single sequence The five existing ships were Name Previous hull number New hull numberBlock Island CVE 106 LPH 1aBoxer CV 21 LPH 4Princeton CV 37 LPH 5Thetis Bay CVE 90 LPH 6Valley Forge CV 45 LPH 8 a Block Island was redesignated from CVE 106 to LPH 1 in anticipation of the ship being converted into the LPH role under project SCB 159 However before the work could begin the ship s conversion was cancelled and it reverted back to its original number 3 Popular culture edit One of the Iwo Jima class ships served as the fieldsite in Edwin Hutchins s classic cognitive science study Cognition in the Wild 4 Although Hutchins does not mention the ship class by name on p 7 he characterizes it as a 603 foot long 184 m amphibious helicopter carrier References edit Friedman Norman 2002 U S Amphibious Ships and Craft An Illustrated Design History Illustrated Design Histories Naval Institute Press pp 351 362 ISBN 1 55750 250 1 Retrieved March 22 2010 Friedman Norman 2002 U S Amphibious Ships and Craft An Illustrated Design History Illustrated Design Histories Naval Institute Press pp 428 429 ISBN 1 55750 250 1 Retrieved March 22 2010 Friedman Norman 1983 U S Aircraft Carriers An Illustrated Design History Annapolis Maryland United States Naval Institute p 356 ISBN 0 87021 739 9 Hutchins Edwin 1995 Cognition in the Wild MIT Press hazegray org Iwo Jima class amphibious assault ships nbsp This United States Navy article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Iwo Jima class amphibious assault ship amp oldid 1186474713, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
