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 USS America sets sail to the Philippine Sea, supporting freedom of the seas and displaying the awesome air power of the ...

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 ...

As Washington threatens and Panama refusing to back down, a struggle to control this key trade, security and immigration ...

The Wasp-class LHDs are currently the largest amphibious ships in the world ... LHA 5 and LHDs 1-8 are in-service. LHA 6 (AMERICA) is planned for delivery to the Fleet in 2014.

The United States Navy maintains an edge when it comes to sheer numerical superiority over most nations. When you have ...

The new United States Marine Corps’ Amphibious Combat Vehicle (ACV) is now operational and preparing to deploy from U.S. Navy big-deck amphibious warships from miles off-shore into hostile ...

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 amphibious assault ship, USS America, is equipped with a flight deck that supports ... Mass Communication Specialist 3rd ...

China may be building a new class of amphibious assault ships modeled upon or at least quite similar to the U.S. Navy’s fast-emerging America-class amphibious assault ship. The U.S. Navy’s ...

Lucas (DDG 125), in June of this year. HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division authenticated the keel on Wednesday for the America-class amphibious ship Fallujah (LHA 9).The ship’s sponsor ...