Largest scale Iwo Jima? a deck full of choppers sounds intriguing. a
>change of pace from all the clean lines of jets, etc......
We had a beeg copter 'carrier' in the late Sixties....our C-133A which would haul FIVE Hueys per trip to Saigon, and then bring back five shot-up ones from Danang. :)
Bondo Phil MAC Nav (Ret.)
Isn't the Moskva bigger? How about Jean D'Arc?
I think the original question was about the largest Iwo Jima class *model* available.
Scott G. Welch
A fellow in my RC scale boat club has a 1/96 scale model of the LHA-- it is about 10 feet long.
I believe the Scale Shipyard has a fiberglass hull for that class >
Oh. And I have yet to see the original post!!
There were seven "Iwo Jima" class LPHs built, (Iwo Jima, Okinawa, Guadalcanal, Guam, Tripoli, New Orleans, and Inchon) between 1959 and 1970.
Aurora released a kit of the Guadalcanal in the 1960s in 1/600th scale, now the kit normally goes for $100+ on eBay.
Waveline has the Iwo Jima (out of stock) and Okinawa in 1/700th scale for $64.99 and $59.99 respectively.
LPHs were just under 592' long and 84' wide with a draft of 26', they displaced up to 18,300 tons with a max speed of 20 knots. (though when I was on them they never did more than about 12 or 15 knots)
LHAs are somewhat larger with a length approaching that of WWII Essex Class carriers and can handle more aircraft as well as amphibous craft.
HTH
Jonathan Primm snipped-for-privacy@aol.com
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