Iwo Jima LHD-7

Type Wasp-class amphibious assault ship

Propulsion Two boilers, two geared steam turbines, two shafts, 70,000 shp (52,000 kW);

Range 9,500 nautical miles (17,600 km; 10,900 mi) at 18 kn (33 km/h; 21 mph)

Well deck dimensions: 266-by-50-foot (81 by 15.2 m) by 28-foot (8.5 m) high

Boats & landing craft carried

3 Landing Craft Air Cushion or

2 Landing Craft Utility[1] or

12 Landing Craft Mechanized

Troops 1,687 troops (plus 184 surge) Marine Detachment

Complement 1,208

Sensors and processing systems

1 AN/SPS-49 2-D Air Search Radar

1 AN/SPS-48 3-D Air Search Radar

1 AN/SPS-67 Surface Search Radar

1 Mk23 Target Acquisition System (TAS)

1 AN/SPN-43 Marshalling Air Traffic Control Radar

1 AN/SPN-35 Air Traffic Control Radar

1 AN/URN-25 TACAN system

1 AN/UPX-24 Identification Friend Foe

Armament

Two RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile launchers

Two RIM-7 Sea Sparrow missile launchers

Two 20 mm Phalanx CIWS systems

Three 25 mm Mk 38 chain guns

Four .50 BMG machine guns

Aircraft carried

Actual mix depends on the mission

Standard Complement:

6 AV-8B Harrier II attack aircraft

or

6 F-35B Lightning II stealth strike-fighters

4 AH-1W/Z Super Cobra/Viper attack helicopter

12 MV-22B Osprey assault support tiltrotor

4 CH-53E Super Stallion heavy-lift helicopters

3–4 UH-1Y Venom utility helicopters

Assault:

22+ MV-22B Osprey assault support tiltrotor

Sea Control:

20 AV-8B Harrier II attack aircraft

or

20 F-35B Lightning II stealth strike-fighters

6 SH-60F/HH-60H ASW helicopters