Keywords: Flickr - Official U.S. Navy Imagery - USS Makin Island underway in the Caribbean Sea..jpg CARIBBEAN SEA July 17 2009 The amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island LHD 8 transits the Caribbean Sea Makin Island departed Pascagoula Miss July 10 and is currently circumnavigating South America via the Strait of Magellan to its new homeport of San Diego During its transit the ship will make port visits in Brazil Chile and Peru Makin Island is the final amphibious assault ship built in the LHD-1 Wasp-class but the first of the class built with Gas Turbine Engines and an electric drive The ship is scheduled to be commissioned in October U S Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Glenn S Robertson/Released 090717-N-0860R-062 http //www flickr com/photos/usnavy/5512510254/ USS Makin Island underway in the Caribbean Sea 2009-07-17 09 45 http //www flickr com/people/56594044 N06 Official Navy Page from United States of America MC2 Glenn S Robertson/U S Navy Attribution License IPTC Source Navy Visual News Service PD-USGov-Military-Navy Official U S Navy Imagery http //flickr com/photos/56594044 N06/5512510254 2012-11-15 21 02 05 cc-by-2 0 Images from United States Navy to check |