Keywords: USS Makin Island action DVIDS189300.jpg en Petty Officer 2nd Class Della Smith aviation boatswain's mate handling a landing signal enlisted aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island directs an Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter assigned to Joint Task Force Bravo to a landing aboard the ship Makin Island departed Pascagoula Miss July 10 and is currently circumnavigating South America via the Strait of Magellan to its new homeport of San Diego During its transit the ship will make port visits in Brazil Chile and Peru Makin Island is the final amphibious assault ship built in the LHD-1 Wasp-class but the first of the class built with gas turbine engines and an electric drive The ship is scheduled to be commissioned in October 2009-07-17 Petty Officer 2nd Class Justin Webb https //www dvidshub net/image/189300 090717-N-+++++-024 2009-07-22 03 06 USS MAKIN ISLAND AT SEA PD-USGov-Military-Navy CH-47 Chinook Images from DoD uploaded by Fæ |