File:USS Iwo Jima (LPH-2) underway at sea, in 1974.jpg

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English: The U.S. Navy amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LPH-2) underway at sea, in 1974. Visible on deck are Bell UH-1N Twin Huey, three Bell AH-1J SeaCobra, eight Boeing-Vertol CH-46 Sea Knight of Marine Medium Helicopter Transport Squadron 261 (HMM-261) and two Sikorsky RH-53D of Mine Countermeasures Squadron 12 (HM-12). The helicopters of HM-12 were employed in the 1974 Suez Canal Clearance Operation ("Operation Nimbus Star").
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Source U.S. Navy photo [1] from the USS Iwo Jima (LPH-2) 1973-1974 cruise book available at Navysite.de
Author U.S. Navy

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