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USS AMERICA (LHA-6)
USS America (LHA-6), is an amphibious assault ship of the United States Navy and the lead ship of the America-class amphibious assault ship. The fourth U.S. warship to be named for the United States of America, she was delivered in spring of 2014, replacing Peleliu of the Tarawa class. Her mission is to act as the flagship of an expeditionary strike group or amphibious ready group, carrying part of a Marine expeditionary unit into battle and putting them ashore with helicopters and V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft, supported by F-35B Lightning II aircraft and helicopter gunships.
The ship’s design is based on USS Makin Island, but to allow more room for aviation facilities she does not have a well deck, and has smaller medical spaces. With a displacement of 45,000 tons, she is as large as many other countries’ aircraft carriers and can fulfill similar missions when configured with 20 F-35B strike fighters.
America’s original homeport was San Diego, California, until in 2019 it was changed to Sasebo, Japan.
Name: America
Namesake: United States
Awarded :1 June 2007
Builder: Huntington Ingalls Industries
Laid down :17 Jul 2009
Launched: 4 Jun 2012
Christened: 20 Oct 2012
Acquired: 10 Apr 2014
Commissioned: 11 Oct 2014
Homeport: Sasebo, Japan
Identification: Hull number: LHA-6
Motto: BELLO VEL PACE PARATUS “Ready for War or Peace”
Status: active service
Program cost: $10.1 billion (FY15)
Unit cost: $3.4 billion