Keywords: USS America operations 140910-N-MD297-025.jpg en Chief Fire Controlman Emiliano Martinez second from left assigned to future amphibious assault ship USS America LHA 6 gives Close-in Weapon System CIWS ammunition loading training to fire controlmen before a live-fire exercise as part of a planned maintenance system check to calibrate the CIWS radars to its gun CIWS is the ship ™s last defense against missiles aircraft and small boats 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 3rd Class Huey D Younger Jr /Released 2014-09-10 Petty Officer 3rd Class Huey Younger https //www dvidshub net/image/1545451 140910-N-MD297-025 2014-09-12 03 45 PACIFIC OCEAN AT SEA PD-USGov-Military-Navy MV-22B Osprey USS America LHA-6 Images from DoD uploaded by Fæ |