Description
lwo Jima is the Wasp class amphibious assault ship in the first seven, in June 2001 in service , 2573 meters long, 34 meters wide, with a displacement 40,500 tons, the tonnage of the largest number of the largest amphibious assault ships fly the world today The ship is equipped with hovercraft and landing craft mechanized, And equipped with a V-22 Osprey, AH-1Z and AV-8B aircraft In addition to integrated air and sea delivery capability, but also that the landing force to provide air support In addition to conventional combat missions, lwo Jima was also with the US aircraft carrier battle groups or alternative maritime control and command tasksUSS Iwo Jima LHD-7 is a Wasp-class amphibious assault ship of the United States Navy The ship was named for the Battle of Iwo Jima of World War II The ship was commissioned in 2001 and is in serviceFabrication work for Iwo Jima began at Ingalls shipyard on 3 September 1996, and the ships keel was laid on 12 December 1997 At the keel laying ceremony, United States Army Captain Jacklyn H Lucas, who was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Battle of Iwo Jima, placed his Medal of Honor citation in the hull of the ship, where it remains today[2] She was launched on 4 February 2000 USS Iwo Jima was christened by her sponsor, Mrs Zandra Krulak, wife of General Charles C Krulak, the former Commandant of the Marine Corps, in Pascagoula, Mississippi on 25 March 2000 The commissioning crew moved aboard in April 2001, and made the ships maiden voyage on 23 June 2001, accompanied by more than 2,000 World War II veterans, many of them survivors of the Battle of Iwo Jima. She was commissioned a week later in Pensacola, Florida, on June 30, 2001. Shortly thereafter, the ship and crew began an accelerated Inter Deployment Training Cycle, which tested virtually every system on board in realistic combat conditions. Iwo Jima was also the first ship on the waterfront open to the public after the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001 In 2002, Iwo Jima participated in Fleet Week in New York City.
Kit Features:
- Scale : 1:700
- Item Type : Static kit
- Model Dimension : Length: 371.5mm Beam: 89.5 mm
- Total Plastic Parts : 610+
- Total Sprues : 36 sprues, lower hull, upper hull, deck and stand
- Photo Etched Parts : 3 pcs
- More Features : - Detailed Flight Deck is a single piece casting
- US Marine Assault Vehicles :
M1A1×2,M60A3×2,AAV-7×2,M1097×2,
MVTR×2,LAV-25×2,M198×2,M1114×2 ,
LCAC Hovercraft×2 and LCU Landing Craft×2
- Aircraft and Helicopters:
AV-8B Harrier×2,CH-46E×4,CH-53E×4,
MV-22 Osprey×4,AH-1W Cobra×2,SH-60F×2
- 3 pieces of Photo-Etched detailing parts for aisle,radar parts etc.