Keywords: USS America's celebration of the Navy’s 239th birthday 141013-N-LD343-002.jpg en Capt Michael W Baze left executive officer of amphibious assault ship USS America LHA 6 and Capt Robert A Hall Jr right America ™s commanding officer cut the Navy birthday cake with the oldest crew member Chief Warrant Officer 4 Edwin Carpio and the youngest crew member Seaman Harley Dewitt in celebration of the Navy ™s 239th birthday America was recently commissioned during San Francisco Fleet Week 2014 and is the first ship of its class and the fourth to bear the name She replaces the Tarawa-class of amphibious assault ship as the next generation big-deck amphibious assault ship and is optimized for aviation and capable of supporting current and future aircraft such as the MV-22 Osprey and F-35B Joint Strike Fighter U S Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Demetrius Kennon/Released 2014-10-13 Petty Officer 1st Class Demetrius Kennon https //www dvidshub net/image/1613002 141013-N-LD343-002 2014-10-14 03 21 SAN FRANCISCO CA US PD-USGov-Military-Navy MV-22B Osprey USS America LHA-6 Images from DoD uploaded by Fæ |