USS Iwo Jima

The **USS IWO JIMA (NCC-93688)** is a *Lafayette*-class Recon Destroyer. Launched in June of 2418 alongside her sister ship, U.S.S. *WOLF*, she underwent a 2-month stand-down period, pending the out come of the on-going Hur'Q conflict. Upon receiving word of the Assault on Discens Station and the subsequent loss in manpower experienced, Starfleet Command green-lighted her for duty in the Outback, with a few last-minute refits and modifications made to facilitate conversion to service in the Outback.

In December 2419, U.S.S. *Iwo Jima* was Hazard Team Certified with 2 teams aboard, and was assigned to Task Group Destiny.

In February of 2422, she was lost during an engagement with the Terran Empire.

# Ship Service History

* **Stardate 96041.35** (08 June 2418): The U.S.S. *IWO JIMA* and USS *WOLF* complete space trials and officially enter service, both ships are preceded by the pathfinder vessel, U.S.S. *Lafayette*, who launched two-months prior their own launching.

* **Stardate 96260.53** (27 August 2418): The U.S.S. *IWO JIMA* receives transfer orders to the Outback. A series of refits and modifications are made, based off of the Outback's physical cosmology reported by the 26th Fleet.

* **Stardate 99739.95** (18 February 2422): Under emergency sortie orders, the U.S.S. *Iwo Jima* deploys with Task Force Avalon in an attempt to engage Terran Forces in the Mirror Universe. During the Battle, she is targeted and critically damaged by the I.S.S. Ramillies, suffering both conventional weapon damage, as well as Dark Matter weapon damage. After deploying her lifepods, LCDR Singh sacrifices himself to ram the *Iwo Jima* into the I.S.S. *Minvera*, effectively killing both ships as she finally explodes.

# Ship Commendations and Awards

* Outback Expeditionary Forces Medal- Awarded Stardate 96865.15

# Senior Staff

## Command Division

* Commanding Officer- Commander Samantha Forrester
* Executive Officer- LCDR Kumar Dipsingh **NPC**
* Second Officer- LT Solon**NPC**

## Tactical Division

* Chief Tactical Officer/ Chief of Security- LCDR Zotaa Zh'zhelnen **NPC**

## Operations Division

* Chief of Operations- LT Solon **NPC**
* Chief of Engineering- LCDR T'Lar **NPC**

## Sciences Division

* Chief Science Officer- LT Anya Neustrashimyy **NPC**
* Stellar Cartographer- ENS Holly West **NPC**

## Medical Division

* Chief Medical Officer- Dr. Robert Roa (CDR)**NPC**
* Head Assisting Nurse- LT M. Barrett **NPC**
* Counselor- Priya Marheshwaran **NPC**

# Decks

* Deck 1: Bridge, Captain's Ready Room, Observation Lounge

* Deck 2: VIP Guest Quarters, Conference Lounges

* Deck 3: Upper Main Shuttle Bay, Escape Pods (4), Ship’s Museum/Forward Observation Lounge, Dorsal Hyper-Focused Trinary Array Primary Access.

* Deck 4: Lower Main Shuttle Bay, Shuttlebay Support and Maintenance, Science Labs, Maintenance

* Deck 5: Shuttlebay Support and Maintenance, Machine Shop, Transporter Rooms 1-2, Armory, Security Office, Phaser Targeting Range, Holding Cells, Main Science Labs, Escape Pods (10)

* Deck 6: Residential Apartments, Captain's Quarters, Holodecks 1-3 (Upper Bay), Captain’s Personal Mess, Officer's Mess (S), Crew Mess (P), Main Galley, Upper Pod Maintenance Access, Plasma Injector Control Room (Upper Level), Escape Pods (32)

* Deck 7: Upper Computer Cores 1-2, Executive Officer's Quarters, Fusion Reactor 1-2, Residential Apartments, Holodecks 1-3 (Main Entrance), Recreation Rooms 1-6, Seven-Forward Lounge, Plasma Injector Control Room (Lower Level)

* Deck 8: Mid Computer Cores 1-2, Living Quarters, Transporter Rooms 3-4, Sickbay, Medical Laboratories, Gymnasium, Swimming Pool, Saucer Impulse Engines (P/S), IPS Maintenance, Saucer RCS Thruster Quads (4), Docking Ports 1-3, Escape Pods (50)

* Deck 9: Lower Computer Cores 1-2, Residential Apartments, Arboretum, Counselor's Office and Quarters, Stellar Cartography, Stellar Sciences, Hydroponics Bays 1-4, Biological Laboratories

* Deck 10: Living Quarters, Environmental Support, Secondary Graviton Generators 1-2, Secondary Deflector Dish, Upper Cargo Bays 1-4, Escape Pods (14)

* Deck 11: Main Impulse Engines, IPS Maintenance, Phaser Control, Living Quarters, Lower Cargo Bays 1-4

* Deck 12: Main Impulse Engines, Deuterium Storage Tanks and Injection Assembly, Forward Torpedo Launcher, Docking Ports 4-5

* Deck 13: Deuterium Storage Tanks and Fill Ports, Living Quarters, Science Labs

* Deck 14: Living Quarters, Umbilical Connect Hardpoints, Emergency Batteries

* Deck 15: Main Engineering, M/A Reaction Chamber, Aft Torpedo Launcher, Graviton Polarity Generators 1-2

* Deck 16: Main Deflector Dish, Living Quarters, Environmental Support, Long-Range Sensors

* Deck 17: Antimatter Storage Pods and Injection Assembly, Upper Cargo Bays 5-9, Brig, Graviton Polarity Generator 3

* Deck 18: Antimatter Storage Pods, Antimatter Generator, Lower Cargo Bays 5-9, Secondary Graviton Polarity Generator 3, Main Forward and Aft Tractor Emitters, Lower Pod Maintenance Access, Escape Pods (12), M/ARA Exterior Hull Plate, Antimatter Loading Port, Ventral Hyper-Focused Trinary Array Primary Access.

# Tech specs

Hyper-Focused Trinary Arrays.

Originally conceived of as an advanced scanning instrument, the emitters housed in the two dorsal pods and ventral pod were eventually re-engineered to produce a highly volatile energy beam, once the emitters were re-tuned to focus their already significant scanning capability. The emitters themselves produce a refined beam that severely damages any matter currently in the path of said beam, a discovery that led to the array's redesign and re-designation as a weapons platform. The arrays themselves fire on a ninety degree forward arc but due to the sheer magnitude of energy used to generate the beam, require a 3 minute cool-down time to prevent overloading and a cascade failure of primary energy distribution.

Shuttlecraft Roster

* Delta Flyer (CO's Launch): *John Basilone*
* Type 10 Shuttle #1: *Michael Strank*
* Type 10 Shuttle #2: *Harlon H. Block*
* Type 9 Shuttle #1: *Franklin R. Sousley*
* Type 9 Shuttle #2: *Rene A. Gagnon*
* Type 8 Shuttle #1: *Ira H. Hayes*
* Type 8 Shuttle #2: *John Bradley*
* Type 8 Shuttle #3: *Bill Genaust*
* Type 8 Shuttle #4: *Bob Campbell*

# History of the Name

**Battle of Iwo Jima**

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The Battle of Iwo Jima was a massive amphibious invasion carried out during the Second World War of Ancient Earth. Conducted by the Allied Forces, the assault consisted of the combined United States Navy and United States Marine Corps forces and were pitted against the heavily entrenched and heavily defended Imperial Japanese Army, supported by the Imperial Japanese Navy. Elements of the USMC 4th Marine Division, 5th Marine Amphibious Corps, 133rd Naval Construction Battalion, or "SeaBees" as they became commonly known, conducted the invasion on 19 February 1945, supported by elements of the USN 5th Fleet. Defending the island, the IJA 109th Division had constructed an intricate network of tunnels, bunkers, artillery positions, and machine gun nests to thwart the invasion.
Codenamed Operation Detachment, the overall strategic objective was the capture of the island to use as a forward landing area for bombers making runs to the Japanese mainland. Despite the famous raising of the flag on 23 February 1945, the battle would continue on long into March that year, culminating in the final day of fighting on 26 March 1945. This battle would later go on to be immortalized with the famous “Raising of the flag” photograph, taken by Associated Press photographer Joe Rosenthal, and would be adopted as the namesake of two US Navy vessels.

**U.S.S. IWO JIMA (LPH-2)**

USS *IWO JIMA* (LPH-2) was an *Iwo Jima*-class Amphibious Assault ship that functioned as a helicopter launch platform. She was laid down in 1959 and launched in 1960, commissioned in 1961, and went on to become involved in the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962. Her first major combat tour took place during the Vietnam War, waged by the United States and the Former Democratic Republic of Vietnam of Ancient Earth. After the conclusion of the war, IWO JIMA went on to serve in a more peacetime role, serving in a variety of multi-mission tasks, including the recovery of all three crewmembers of the ill-fated Apollo 13 space mission.

Her next and last major military conflict was the Gulf war, waged between the United States and the then Iraqi Republic. During October of 1990, while having been on station for 2 months in support of the Gulf War, she developed a steam leak in her main engineering plant, being forced to put in for repairs. Despite repairs being completed, a major steam leak occurred, killing 10 of the 11 personnel on station, with the 11th succumbing to injuries that same day. She was eventually decommissioned in 1993.

U.S.S. IWO JIMA (LHD-7)

The second USN Vessel to be named after the famous battle, U.S.S. *IWO JIMA* is a *Wasp*-class Landing Helicopter Dock Amphibious Assault Ship, first laid down in 1997, launched in 2000, and then commissioned by the United States Navy in 2001. The significance of the vessel is its recognition of the famous battle for which it is named. Private First Class Jacklyn H. Lucas, who participated in the Battle of Iwo Jima at age 17, placed his Medal of Honor citation within the ship's keel during the keel-laying ceremony. 8 total LHD-type ships were created, with *IWO JIMA* being the last steam-powered ship used by the United States Navy. Despite being a steam-powered ship much like her predecessor, LHD-7 featured a well deck much like that of the predecessor *Tarawa*-class Landing Helicopter Assault Amphibious vessel. Her well deck served as a control point for the launch, recovery, and storage of various amphibious craft and multi-mission vehicles used by the USN and the USMC.

The combination of a well-deck and flight deck made her highly capable for multi-mission capabilities, as well as non-combat logistical support. She played a critical role in many a combat engagement, ranging from support during Operation Enduring Freedom in 2003, to supporting the evacuation efforts of US Citizens due to the conflict in Lebanon during the summer of 2006. In addition to various multi-mission combat roles, IWO JIMA also served as a center for coordinating humanitarian aid efforts in the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina (2005), Hurricane Tomas (2010), Hurricane Matthew (2016), and Hurricane Irma (2017). She also participated in many joint task operations in support of fostering cooperation and strengthening ties between allies while deployed to the Mediterranean Sea and Middle East regions of Earth.

She was eventually decommissioned by the United States Navy.