USS Iwo Jima LPH-2

All the sections for the restoration of the USS Iwo Jima, LPH-2 island (that is everything from the deck up) are here at the Museum of the American G.I. in College Station, Texas and are ready for reassembly. The plan is to assemble the structure alongside the parking lot, with the parking lot taking on the appearance of the flight deck. A museum will be located in the bow of the ship. When assembled she will stand 125 feet in the air and will be seen from miles around.

USS Iwo Jima (LPH-2) amphibious assault ship(US)
Laid down: 2 April 1959
Launched: 17 September 1960
Commissioned: 26 August 1961
Decommissioned: 14 July 1993
Struck: 24 September 1993
Status: Scrapped 18 December 1995
General characteristics

Displacement: 18,474 tons (full)
11,000 tons (light)
Length: 592 ft (180 m)
Beam: 84 ft (25.6 m)
Draught: 27 ft (8.2 m)
Propulsion: 2 × 600 psi (4 MPa) boilers,
one geared steam turbine,
one shaft,
22,000 shaft horsepower
(16 MW)
Speed: 22 knots (41 km/h)
Complement: 667
Troops 2,157
Armament: 2 × 3 in (76 mm) / 50 caliber AA guns,
8 cell Sea Sparrow BPDMS launchers,
2 × Phalanx CIWS
Aircraft carried: 25 helicopters