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USS Iwo Jima (LHD-7) Live Military Ship Tracker | Free Real-Time Tracking of USS Iwo Jima - Cruising Earth

USS Iwo Jima Military Ship Tracker

USS Iwo Jima Real-Time Military Ship Tracking

Military Ship Details & Statistics

Homeport: Norfolk, Virginia
In Service:
Hull Number:
Category:
Complement:
Gross Tons: 		2001 | 25 years
LHD-7
Assault Ship
1,208
40,500 GT
Length:
Beam:
Draft:
Speed:
 
843.0 ft
104.0 ft
27.0 ft
22.0 knots
25.3 mph

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USS Iwo Jima (LHD-7) is a Wasp Class Amphibious Assault Ship currently operated by the United States Navy. USS Iwo Jima was built by Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Mississippi. The ship has been in active service for 25 years.

The Wasp class amphibious assault ships combine a full well deck for landing craft and vehicles with a large aviation capability that includes F-35B fighters and MV-22 Ospreys. They can embark over 1,600 Marines and serve as the centerpiece of Marine Expeditionary Units.

View USS Iwo Jima's real-time location, route, speed, course history, itinerary updates, port destinations, estimated arrival times, and more in the amphibious assault ship tracker map below. All ship position data is sourced directly from the global AIS tracking system, delivering the latest tracking information available. Each new ship report received automatically updates the displayed data.

USS Iwo Jima's Current Deployment

Current Location: Caribbean Sea / U.S. Southern Command AOR (as of March 2026)

Previous Location: Caribbean operations early March 2026

Mission: Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group with the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit is operating in the Caribbean Sea under U.S. Southern Command. The group is conducting counternarcotics operations, deterrence missions, and regional security patrols as part of Operation Southern Spear.

Sources: USNI News March 23 2026

Last Updated: Sat Mar 28, 2026 20:36 UTC

Note: The current location information above is an estimate from public reports and open-source intelligence. Exact positions are classified for operational security (OPSEC). The tracker map below displays the last publicly transmitted AIS data from this ship. Military ships typically transmit AIS data for maritime safety when operating near civilian traffic when not in an active theater.

Wasp Class Sister Ships

Ship Name(s)Line Name
USS Bataan, USS Bonhomme Richard (decommissioned), USS Boxer, USS Essex, USS Kearsarge, USS Makin Island, USS WaspUnited States Navy

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