Keywords: USS America's first underway replenishment 141001-N-YB590-193.jpg en Machinist ™s Mate 3rd Class Steven Cosentino assigned to engineering department on board future amphibious assault ship USS America LHA 6 checks a fuel sample for color and debris during America ™s first underway replenishment UNREP The UNREP was conducted with Military Sealift Command MSC fleet replenishment oiler USNS Yukon T-AO 202 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 1st Class John Scorza/Released 2014-10-01 Petty Officer 2nd Class John Scorza Jr https //www dvidshub net/image/1591642 141001-N-YB590-193 2014-10-02 06 39 PACIFIC OCEAN USPACOM AT SEA PD-USGov-Military-Navy MV-22B Osprey USNS Yukon T-AO-202 USS America LHA-6 Images from DoD uploaded by Fæ |