Keywords: Women's Equality Day observance 140822-N-MD297-054.jpg en Capt Robert A Hall Jr commanding officer of future amphibious assault ship USS America LHA 6 and crewmembers applaud the ship ™s diversity committee for organizing the ship ™s Women ™s Equality Day observance Crewmembers celebrated the occasion by reading facts about a few of the women and men who helped advance women ™s equality 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 3rd Class Huey D Younger/Released 2014-08-22 Petty Officer 3rd Class Huey Younger https //www dvidshub net/image/1519035 140822-N-MD297-054 2014-08-22 23 43 USS AMERICA AT SEA PD-USGov-Military-Navy MV-22B Osprey USS America LHA-6 Images from DoD uploaded by Fæ |