USS America (LHA-6) Archives - Page 18 of 18

USS America Will Allow Japan-Based Marines to Bring More MV-22 Ospreys to Sea

24 April 2019

USS America, (LHA-6), houses 12 F35-B Lightning II aircraft off the coast of Calif., on Nov. 18, 2016. US Marine Corps Photo

ARLINGTON, Va. – The Japan-based 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit is already considering how next year’s arrival of new amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA-6) will affect operations in the forward-deployed amphibious force.

An early look indicates America’s larger flight deck may make up for the ship’s lack of a well deck, 31st MEU Commanding Officer Col. Robert Brodie...

https://news.usni.org/2019/04/24/uss-america-will-allow-japan-based-marines-to-bring-more-mv-22-ospreys-to-sea

USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: April 22, 2019

22 April 2019

USNI News Graphic

These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy’s deployed carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups throughout the world as of April 22, 2019, based on Navy and public data. In cases where a CSG or ARG is conducting disaggregated operations, the chart reflects the location of the capital ship.

Total U.S. Navy Battle Force:289Ships Underway

Deployed Ships Underway	Non-deployed Ships Underway	Total Ships Underway
44	21	65

Ships Deployed by Fleet

Fleet Forces

https://news.usni.org/2019/04/22/2019-04-22-usni-news-fleet-marine-tracker-april-22-2019

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

17 January 2019

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