:::: Modern Warships - UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
IWO JIMA
Code - N624
£1.75
Class - 7
Date - 1961
Type - LPH
Description - U.S.S. IWO JIMA N624
Completed 1961. Sisters: Okinawa, Guadacanal,
Guam,Tripoli,New Orleans & Inchon.
Displacement 10,717 tons Speed 23 ½ knots
Dimensions 556' x 84' x 26;
Armament 8 x 3" (4 later replaced by 2 Phalanx)
SAM 2 Octuple Sea Sparrow
Aircraft 20 Sea Knight or 11 Sea Stallion
(4 Harriers can replace some helicopters)
Capacity 1 Marine Battalion
