Keywords: USS America press conference 140831-N-FR671-157.jpg en Peruvian-American Sailors assigned to future amphibious assault ship USS America LHA 6 answer questions from Peruvian media on the flight deck shortly after the ship anchored off the coast of Callao Peru 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 2nd Class Jonathan A Colon/Released 2014-08-31 Jonathan Colon https //www dvidshub net/image/1530861 140831-N-FR671-157 2014-09-02 03 37 CALLA PE PD-USGov-Military-Navy MV-22B Osprey USS America LHA-6 Images from DoD uploaded by Fæ |