The newest America-class amphibious assault ship will head to its new home in Japan later this year, USNI News has learned.

Aviation Ordnanceman 1st Class Patricia Jean from Boston, assigned to the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS America heaves a line during a replenishment-at-sea with the Lewis and ...

The America-class amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli (LHA 7) will move to Sasebo, Japan, as part of a scheduled rotation of forces in the Pacific, the U.S. Navy announced today. Tripoli will replace ...

THERE ARE NINE AMPHIBIOUS ASSAULT SHIPS IN THE FLEET. THEY COME IN TWO CLASSES. THE AMERICA CLASS ‘LHA,’ OR LANDING, HELICOPTER, ASSAULT. AND ‘LHD’: LANDING, HELICOPTER DOCK. AMPHIB ASSAULT SHIPS ARE ...

The 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) is embarked aboard the America-class amphibious assault ship, commonly referred to as a “big deck.” Delivered in spring of 2014, the USS America replaced USS ...

The Kaga now has a similar appearance to the America-class amphibious assault ships of the U.S. Navy. The Izumo has also completed the first phase of its update, which included heat resistance ...

The joint U.S.-French-Japanese exercises mark the first time that a French Navy aircraft carrier operated in the Pacific ...

National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), signed into law in December, sidestepped calls from some lawmakers for the policy ...

However, PLAN amphibious ships are rarely seen using this route, with the last JSO report of a PLAN amphibious ship on Aug. 17, 2024 when a PLAN Type 052 destroyer and a Type 075 amphibious ...

The U.S. Navy's newest Wasp Class multipurpose amphibious assault ship was commissioned USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) during ceremonies October 16, 1993 at Ingalls Shipbuilding division of Litton in ...

A norovirus outbreak on a Holland America Line cruise sickened nearly 120 people. Among 2,614 guests aboard the line’s Rotterdam ship, 107 reported being ill during its current voyage ...