USS Iwo Jima is the seventh WASP-class Amphibious Assault Ship and the second ship in the Navy to bear the name. The IWO JIMA is also the Navy's third Amphibious Assault Ship designed and built from the keel up with accommodations for female sailors.
| General Characteristics: | Awarded: December 28, 1995 |
| Keel laid: December 12, 1997 |
| Launched: February 5, 2000 |
| Commissioned: June 30, 2001 |
| Builder: Ingalls Shipbuilding, West Bank, Pascagoula, Miss. |
| Propulsion system: two boilers, two geared turbines |
| Propellers: two |
| Aircraft elevators: two |
| Length: 840 feet (256 meters) |
| Flight Deck Width: 140 feet (42.6 meters) |
| Beam: 106 feet (32,.3 meters) |
| Draft: 26,5 feet (8.1 meters) |
| Displacement: approx. 40,500 tons full load |
| Speed: 23 knots |
| Aircraft: (depends upon mission) |
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| Well deck capacity: three LCAC or two LCU or six LCM-8 or 40 Amphibious Assault Vessels (AAV) (normal) or 61 AAVs (stowed) |
| Crew: Ship: 73 officers, 1,009 enlisted Marine Detachment: 1,894 |
| Armament: two Mk-29 NATO Sea Sparrow launchers, two 20mm Phalanx CIWS, eight Mk-33 .50 cal. machine guns, two Rolling Airframe Missile Systems |
| Cost: approx. $761 million |
| Homeport: Norfolk, Va. |
The photo below was taken by Karl-Heinz Ahles and shows USS IWO JIMA during its construction at Ingalls Shipbuilding on May 17, 1999.
The photo below was taken by Brian Barton when IWO JIMA was at Naval Base Norfolk on July 23, 2002.
The photos below were taken by Alexei Saveliev and show the USS IWO JIMA at Limassol, Cyprus, in August 2006.
General Characteristics 
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