Keywords: USS America commissioning 141011-N-CC789-171.jpg en Sailors assigned to Weapons Department fire a 40-mm saluting battery aboard amphibious assault ship USS America LHA 6 in honor of Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus ™ arrival at America ™s commissioning ceremony America is the first ship of its class and the fourth to bear the name She replaces the Tarawa-class of amphibious assault ships as the next generation big-deck amphibious assault ship and is optimized for aviation and capable of supporting current and future aircraft such as the MV-22 Osprey and F-35B Joint Strike Fighter U S Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Vladimir Ramos/Released 2014-10-11 Canadian Forces PO 1 VLADIMIR RAMOS https //www dvidshub net/image/1611768 141011-N-CC789-171 2014-10-11 23 37 SAN FRANCISCO CA US PD-USGov-Military-Navy Ray Mabus MV-22B Osprey USS America LHA-6 Images from DoD uploaded by Fæ |