Keywords: USS America tour 140824-N-FR671-044.jpg en Marine Lance Cpl Brandon Terry assigned to Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force South explains the capabilities of a light armored vehicle to a tour group aboard future amphibious assault ship USS America LHA 6 while in Valparaiso Chile for a scheduled port visit America is currently traveling through the U S Southern Command and U S 4th Fleet area of responsibility on her maiden transit America visits the Americas 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 Jonathan A Colon/Released 2014-08-24 Jonathan Colon https //www dvidshub net/image/1522080 140824-N-FR671-044 2014-08-26 02 19 VALPARAISO CL PD-USGov-Military-Navy MV-22B Osprey USS America LHA-6 Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Forces Images from DoD uploaded by Fæ |