IWO JIMA LHD 7

Ship Name and Designation History

This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.

Wasp Class Amphibious Assault Ship (Multi-Purpose) Keel Laid 3 November 1997 - Launched 2 February 2000 Christened 25 March 2000 USS IWO JIMA LHD-7 Commissioned 30 June 2001

Naval Covers

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1. USS Iwo Jima LHD-7 Covers Page 1    (1997-2018)

 

Postmarks

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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Postmark Date	Thumbnail Link To Close-Up Image	Thumbnail Link To Full Cover Image

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Ships Postmarks

 

Locy Type FDC F (FPO AE 09574-1664)

2001-06-30

Commissioning, cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

Locy Type FDC 2-1(n+) (USS)

2001-06-30

Commissioning, cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

Locy Type FDC 9-1(n+) (USS)

2001-06-30

Commissioning. From the back of a cover by Roger A. Wentworth

 

Locy Type 2-1(n+) (USS)

2003-03-20

"Operation Enduring Freedom", cachet by Bill Payden

 

Locy Type 11-2ny (USS, FPO AA 34094) (UNIT 100318)

2015-02-19

70th Anniversary of the Battle of Iwo Jima, Collector request by Richard Hoffner.

 

Locy Type 12-2(n+)(USS, FPO AE 09574-1664)

2008-07-21

Ship's cachet, serviced by Wolfgang Hechler

 

Locy Type 12-2ny (USS, FPO AA 34094) (UNIT 100318)

2015-02-19

70th Anniversary of the Battle of Iwo Jima, Collector request by Richard Hoffner.

 

Locy Type 13-2(n+) (USS, FPO AE 09574-1664)

2008-09-13

Contributed by Bill Payden.

 

Locy Type 13-2n (USS, FPO AA 34094-1664)

2014-09-26

Ships cachet, from the Thad Kaczkowski collection.

 

Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-10

2008-07-21

100th anniversary of the Great White Fleet, serviced by Wolfgang Hechler

 

Locy Type F (Unit 100318) FPO AA 34094

2016-03-09

Serviced by Ray Younkins.
Although this, and the postmark dated 19 February 2015, look the same, we are thinking that the "box" around that postmark might be the edge of the postmark device itself. Once cleaned, this line would not appear on the cover.

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USPS Pictorial Postmarks

 

USPS Pictorial Postmark "USS IWO JIMA (LHD-7) STATION" Pensacola, FL

2001-06-30

Commissioning, cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

USPS Pictorial Postmark "USS IWO JIMA Reunion Station" Norfolk, VA

2003-10-18

Reunion for the crewmembers of the USS Iwo Jima LPH-2 and the USS Iwo Jima LHD-7
Cachet sponsored by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

USPS Pictorial Postmark "Fleet Week Station" New York, NY

2004-05-29

Fleet Week, cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

USPS Pictorial Postmark "Flagship Station" Staten Island, NY

2011-05-30

Fleet Week, cachet by Thad Kaczkowski.

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Named for the epic battle of February 1945, in which three divisions of the United States Marine Corps took control of the tiny island of Iwo Jima from 22,000 determined Japanese defenders.

The ships sponsor is Mrs. Zandra Krulak, wife of General Charles C. Krulak, the 31st Commandant of the Marine Corps.

Three ships have borne the name IWO JIMA - USS Iwo Jima CV-46 (canceled in August 1945), USS Iwo Jima LPH-2 and USS Iwo Jima LHD-7.

 

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