LPH-2 IWO JIMA class
| Ships | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Number | Builder | Homeport | Ordered | Comm | Decomm |
| Iwo Jima | LPH 2 | Puget Sound NSY | Norfolk | 30 Jan 1958 | 26 Aug 1961 | 14 Jul 1993 |
| Okinawa | LPH 3 | Philadelphia NSY | San Diego | 24 Oct 1958 | 14 Apr 1962 | 17 Dec 1992 |
| Guadalcanal | LPH 7 | Philadelphia NSY | Norfolk | 21 Dec 1959 | 20 Jul 1963 | 31 Aug 1994 |
| Guam | LPH 9 | Philadelphia NSY | Norfolk | 21 Sep 1961 | 16 Jan 1965 | 25 Aug 1998 |
| Tripoli | LPH 10 | Ingalls | San Diego | 10 Dec 1962 | 06 Aug 1966 | 15 Sep 1995 |
| New Orleans | LPH 11 | Philadelphia NSY | San Diego | 18 Dec 1964 | 16 Nov 1968 | 01 Oct 1997 |
| Inchon | LPH 12 | Converted to Mine Countermeasures Support Ship | ||||
| NOTE: The LPH designation has been applied to a variety of dissimilar ships. To further confuse matters, the numbering sequence is non-sequential. LPH 1 was Block Island [ex CVE-106] and LPH 6 was Thetis Bay [ex CVE-90] LPH 4, 5 & 8 were converted Essex-class [CV-9] carriers CV-40 Tarawa, an Essex-class [CV-9] carrier, operated with helicopters, without the LPH designation. |
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