USS Iwo Jima LPH-2 Looking Back (to my pre-digital camera days) Liverpool Docks October 19, 1980

A brief photo-report using scanned film taken aboard USS Iwo Jima, embarked were US Marine Corps (USMC) elements of a Marine Amphibious Unit (MAU). During its UK visit it was moored in Liverpool Docks. The USS Iwo Jima was the first amphibious assault ship to be designed and built from the keel up as a dedicated helicopter assault carrier. It was commissioned in 1961 and decommissioned in 1993.

Hawker Siddeley AV-8A Harrier (158969 CG-04') with VMA-231 based at MCAS Cherry Point.

Left to right: AV-8A Harriers (159232 'CG-23', 159238 'CG-17' and 159248 'CG-05') with VMA-231 based at MCAS Cherry Point..

Left to right: AV-8A Harriers (158969 'CG-04', 159232 'CG-23' and 159240 'CG-10') with VMA-231 based at MCAS Cherry Point.

Left to right: Sikorsky CH-53D Sea Stallion (156955 'CJ-16', 157748 'CJ-21' and 157733 'CJ-23') with HMH-461 based at MCAS New River.

Left to right: Sikorsky CH-53D Sea Stallion (157931 'CJ-22') with HMH-461 based at MCAS New River.

Left to right: Boeing-Vertol HH-46A Sea Knight (151914 'BF-417') with HC-16 based at MCAS Pensacola. North American Rockwell OV-10A Bronco (155440 'ER-03') with VMO-1 based at MCAS New River.