LANDING PLATFORM, HELICOPTER

A 'Landing Platform, Helicopter' is a type of amphibious assault ship that is specifically designed to deliver troops into a war zone by helicopter, but which usually has a limited capability of landing troops by sea using small landing craft. These ships often resemble traditional aircraft Carriers, although they are invariably much smaller.
These ships are the descendants of the Royal Navy "commando carriers" such as HMS ''Bulwark'' and ''Albion'' of the post WWII period.
'LPH' is the US Navy hull classification symbol for Landing Platform, Helicopter—amphibious assault ships of the ''Iwo Jima'' class and two converted ''Ticonderoga'' class aircraft carriers. No ships of this classification are currently in active service with the United States Navy:

★ (LPH-2)   USS ''Iwo Jima''

★ (LPH-3)   USS ''Okinawa''

★ (LPH-4)   USS ''Boxer'' (ex CV-21)

★ (LPH-5)   USS '' Princeton '' (ex CV-37)

★ (LPH-7)   USS ''Guadalcanal''

★ (LPH-8)   USS ''Valley Forge'' (ex CV-45)

★ (LPH-9)   USS ''Guam''

★ (LPH-10) USS ''Tripoli''

★ (LPH-11) USS ''New Orleans''

★ (LPH-12) USS ''Inchon''
Note that there is another US Navy amphibious assault carrier named USS ''Iwo Jima'' (LHD-7), but they are entirely different vessels. The USS ''Iwo Jima'' in question is the only one of the LPH ''Iwo Jima'' class.
The Royal Navy has one active ship of this class, HMS ''Ocean'' (L12).

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★ Landing Platform Dock

★ List of amphibious warfare ships