Keywords: USS America tour 140824-N-CC789-122.jpg en U S Marine Lt Col George D Hasseltine commanding officer of Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force South takes a question from a local reporter during a press conference on the flight deck of future amphibious assault ship USS America LHA 6 shortly after the ship moored 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 1st Class Vladimir Ramos/Released 2014-08-24 Canadian Forces PO 1 VLADIMIR RAMOS https //www dvidshub net/image/1522072 140824-N-CC789-122 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 |