LHA-7

USS Tripoli Quietly Leaves on Maiden Deployment

USS Tripoli (LHA-7) departs Naval Air Station North Island, Calif., April 7, 2022. US Navy Photo

THE PENTAGON — Amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli (LHA-7) departed Naval Station San Diego, Calif., on an independent deployment to the Western Pacific on Monday, USNI News has learned.

The 45,000-ton big-deck amphibious ship left San Diego to gather F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighters that will include further testing of the Marine’s “lightning carrier” concept, a defense official confirmed to...

https://news.usni.org/2022/05/02/uss-tripoli-quietly-leaves-on-maiden-deployment

Marines Load Record 16 F-35Bs Aboard USS Tripoli Test of ‘Lightning Carrier’ Concept

An F-35B Lightning II aircraft attached to Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA 211) launches off from the flight deck aboard amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli (LHA-7) on April 2, 2022. US Marine Corps Photo

ABOARD THE AMPHIBIOUS ASSAULT SHIP USS TRIPOLI — The Marines broke a record on Sunday when they loaded the most 16 F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighters ever aboard a big-deck amphibious warship.

Under cloudy skies on Sunday afternoon, deck sailors directed Marine pilots onto launching...

https://news.usni.org/2022/04/05/marines-load-record-16-f-35bs-aboard-uss-tripoli-test-of-lightning-carrier-concept

Second America-Class Amphib USS Tripoli Commissions

Amphibious assault ship Tripoli (LHA-7) sails the Gulf of Mexico during builder’s trials held in July 2019. HII Photo

The second America-class amphibious warship entered the U.S. Navy fleet in an administrative action on Wednesday, without the pomp and circumstance of a commissioning ceremony.

USS Tripoli (LHA-7), which delivered to the Navy in February, will continue to prepare to transit to its new homeport at Naval Base San Diego, Calif., later this year.

“Due to public health and safety...

https://news.usni.org/2020/07/15/second-america-class-amphib-uss-tripoli-commissions

Navy Marks Progress on Three New Warship Hulls

Top to bottom: USS Indianapolis (LCS-17), Virginia-submarine Delaware (SSN-791) and American-class Tripoli (LHA-7)

A Virginia-class submarine, the second America-class amphibious warship and a Littoral Combat Ship marked significant production milestones last weekendm the service annouced.

On Friday, the Navy accepted delivery of the future fast attack submarine, USS Delaware (SSN-791), the eighth and final Virginia-class Block III submarine being built. Delaware’s commissioning is scheduled for...

https://news.usni.org/2019/10/28/navy-marks-progress-on-three-new-warships-hulls

USS Wasp Heading to U.S. in Homeport Shift; USS America Goes to Japan Later This Year

USS Wasp (LHD-1) transits the Coral Sea. Wasp, flagship of the Wasp Amphibious Ready Group, with embarked 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit on Aug. 1, 2019. US Navy Photo

After less than two years forward-deployed, big deck amphib USS Wasp (LHD-1) has left Japan.

Wasp and its crew departed U.S. 7th Fleet on Wednesday bound for Naval Station Norfolk, Va. The ship and its crew arrived in Jan. 2018 to serve as the flagship for U.S. forward-deployed amphibious forces in Sasebo, Japan.

The amphibious...

https://news.usni.org/2019/09/04/uss-wasp-heading-to-u-s-in-homeport-shift-uss-america-goes-to-japan-later-this-year

Amphibious Assault Ship Tripoli’s Delivery Pushed To Late 2019 or Early 2020

Tripoli (LHA-7) is launched at Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (HII) shipyard in Pascagoula, Miss. on March 1, 2017. US Navy Photo

The Navy will not commission its second America-class amphibious assault ship Tripoli (LHA-7) this fall as originally planned, according to its builder.

The Navy had expected to receive Tripoli in late 2019, according to media reports. HII pushed delivery to the end of 2019 or even into 2020 as the company works through some technical design issues with the ship’s...

https://news.usni.org/2019/08/01/amphibious-assault-ship-tripolis-delivery-pushed-to-late-2019-or-early-2020

USS America Will Head to Japan to Serve as Next Forward-Deployed Amphibious Flagship

The amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) and the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Hopper (DDG 70) steam in formation while participating in a photo exercise in the Arabian Gulf on Nov. 28, 2017. US Navy photo.

ARLINGTON, Va. – The Navy’s newest amphibious assault ship will replace the service’s oldest as the forward-deployed big deck in the Pacific.

USNI News previously reported that USS Wasp (LHD-1) would be coming back to the East Coast sometime later this year, after...

https://news.usni.org/2019/01/17/uss-america-to-japan