Keywords: USS America steel beach picnic 140912-N-MD297-070.jpg en Capt Michael Baze executive officer of future amphibious assault ship USS America LHA 6 left and Ensign Ryan Warner grill steaks during a steel beach picnic on the ship's flight deck America is currently on its maiden transit America Visits the Americas en route to its home port 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 3rd Class Huey D Younger Jr /Released 2014-09-12 Petty Officer 3rd Class Huey Younger https //www dvidshub net/image/1548364 140912-N-MD297-070 2014-09-13 17 52 USS AMERICA AT SEA PD-USGov-Military-Navy MV-22B Osprey USS America LHA-6 Images from DoD uploaded by Fæ |