The ship traveled to Pearl Harbor before setting out into the pacific for its first invasion: Iwo Jima. Becker said 500 marines were loaded onto the ship to prepare for the invasion.

The Iwo Jima, an amphibious assault ship named in honor of the sailors and Marines who fought in one of World War II's bloodiest battles, was commissioned Saturday at the Pensacola Naval Air Station.

By MC2 Andrew Murray USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) Public Affairs On Feb. 19, 1945, the first American forces landed on the island of Iwo Jima, southeast of mainland Japan. Bombarded by U.S. air strikes a… ...

USS Iwo Jima dedicates ship gym to Sgt. Nicole Gee. Sgt. Nicole Gee was famously depicted holding an Afghan baby before she was killed by an ISIS-K suicide bomber at Abbey Gate.

Iwo Jima is the seventh Wasp-class amphibious assault ship, capable of carrying and delivering Sailors and Marines anywhere in the world for amphibious operations and humanitarian assistance.

In 1990, the Iwo Jima was the first amphibious assault ship to deploy to the Persian Gulf for Operation Desert Shield. The ship was decommissioned three years later.

Anticipating an imminent landfall from Tropical Storm Nate, amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD-7), amphibious transport dock ship USS New York (LPD-21), and elements from the 26th Marine ...

Iwo Jima is small, but controlling it was important since it is just over 600 miles from the Japanese home islands and within bombing range. Two Marine divisions stormed the island in mid-February ...

The Cherokee-class ship was launched in July 1934 and was named for the Zuni, a tribe of Pueblo Indians. It was believed to be one of the last surviving ships from the Battle of Iwo Jima.

Iwo Jima has been rising for years due to volcanic activity beneath it, an official with the volcanological department of the Japan Meteorological Agency told Stars and Stripes by phone on Oct. 27.

Some retired Marines in California want the Navy to name a warship for the photographer behind the iconic Iwo Jima flag-raising photo. Joe Rosenthal’s Pulitzer Prize-winning photo shows Marines ...

As Iwo Jima had no port, the ships were sunk parallel to the shoreline to form a breakwater — shielding both weapons and troops from oncoming waves as they were unloaded onto the island, ...