USS Iwo Jima (LPH-2): razlika između inačica

30. kolovoza 1963. uputio se na ranije odgođeno putovanje zapadnim Pacifikom. Pridružio se Sedmoj Floti i plovio od Havaja do Filipina i Tajvana. 31. listopada 1963. napustio je filipinske vode kako bi izvodio specijalne operacije uz obalu Južnog Vijetnama štiteći američke građane tijekom razdoblja sve intezivnijih sukoba. 12. studenog iste godine vratio se u Subic Bay. Sljedećih nekoliko mjeseci plovio je s ukrcanim marincima koji su izvodili rigorozne vježbe desantnih napada na obalama Tajvana i Okinawe.

On 31 October 1963 Iwo Jima departed Philippine waters for special operations along the coast of South Vietnam, standing by to protect American nationals during a period of increased strife. She returned to Subic Bay 12 November. The following months she sailed with Special Landing Forces of Marines for rigorous amphibious assault and landing raids practice off the coasts of Taiwan and Okinawa. After unloading ammunition at Sasebo, Japan, she departed 13 April 1964 for return to San Diego, arriving 28 April. Following amphibious training with Marines along the California seaboard, she overhauled in the Long Beach Naval Shipyard. This work was completed by 7 December 1964 when Iwo Jima began amphibious refresher training ranging to the Hawaiian Islands. On 13 March 1965 she departed Pearl Harbor for San Diego, arriving 6 days later.