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IWO JIMA (CV-46)

Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign: November - Hotel - Sierra - Mike

Ordered	Laid down	Launched	Commissioned	Decommissioned	Stricken
**Essex Class () Aircraft Carrier***
14 Jun 1943	29 Jan 1945
Builder: Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Newport News, Va () "Long Hull" group, aka Ticonderoga* Class

Named after a small volcanic island in the Bonin Group, site of one of the most important and most bitterly fought amphibious operations of the Pacific War. The strategic island, needed as an air base for the assault on Japan itself, was invaded February 19, 1945 and declared secure almost a month later. Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz spoke eloquently of the sailors and marines who fought there: "Among the Americans who served on Iwo Island uncommon valor was a common virtue." The famous photograph of the flag-raising on Mount Suribachi has become a symbol of valor and strength in the years since 1945.
Fate: Iwo Jima was canceled August 12, 1945. Her partially completed hull was scrapped. (Source: DANFS, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, located on the Naval Historical Center website.)

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Contributed by and/or Copyright
NS024601	106k	Five Marines and a Navy corpsman raise the second flag on top of Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima, February 23, 1945. The service members are Ira Hayes, Franklin Sousley, Michael Strank, John Bradley, Rene Gagnon and Harlon Block. Photo by Joe Rosenthal.		Courtesy of the USMC
NS024602	83k	The incomplete hull of the carrier *Iwo Jima*, after cancellation.		Haze Gray & Underway

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