Keywords: USS America deck scrubbing 140911-N-MZ309-041.jpg en Sailors assigned to future amphibious assault ship USS America LHA 6 Air Department use a fire hose to clean the flight deck during a scrub exercise SCRUBEXs are performed periodically to reduce hydraulic fluid grease and dirt buildup on flight decks catwalks and hangar bays which become extremely slippery presenting a hazard to aircraft and personnel America is currently on her maiden transit America Visits the Americas en route to her homeport of San Diego America is the first ship of its class replacing the Tarawa-class of amphibious assault ships As the next generation big-deck amphibious assault ship America is optimized for aviation capable of supporting current and future aircraft such as the MV-22 Osprey and F-35B Joint Strike Fighter The ship is scheduled to be ceremoniously commissioned Oct 11 in San Francisco U S Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Ryan Riley/Released 2014-09-11 Ryan Riley https //www dvidshub net/image/1545495 140911-N-MZ309-041 2014-09-12 04 32 AT SEA PD-USGov-Military-Navy MV-22B Osprey USS America LHA-6 Images from DoD uploaded by Fæ |