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US Navy - Amphibious Assault Ship LHA 6 - USS America |
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Type,
class: Amphibious Assault Ship (general purpose);
America
class / Flight 0 Builder: Huntington Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi, USA STATUS: Awarded: June 1, 2007 Laid down: April 27, 2009 Launched: June 4, 2012 Christened: October 20, 2012 Commissioned: October 11, 2014 IN SERVICE Homeport: forward deployed to Fleet Activities Sasebo, Japan Namesake: America Ships Motto: BELLO VEL PACE PARATUS (prepared in war or in peace) Technical Data: see: INFO > America class Amphibious Assault Ship - LHA |
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Deployments and Major Maintenance Periods: July 2014 - September 2014 with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force South (SPMAGTF South) embarked - Pascagoula to San Diego via Strait of Magellan May 2015 - March 2016 - Post Shakedown Availability (PSA) at General Dynamics NASSCO, San Diego June 2016 - August 2016 with VMM-161 embarked - exercise RIMPAC 2016 - around Hawaii July 2017 - February 2018 with 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit - SOC (MEU/SOC) and VMM-161(REIN) embarked - Pacific Ocean, 5th Fleet AOR November 13, 2019 - December 6, 2019 - homeport change from San Diego to Sasebo, Japan December 2016 - ??: permanently forward deployed to Sasebo, Japan - units assigned: December 2019 - May 2020: VMM-265(REIN) / with detachments from HMLA-369, HMH-466, VMFA-121, HSC-25 May 2020 - November 2020: VMM-262(REIN) / with detachments from HMLA-469, HMH-361, VMFA-121, HSC-25 November 2020 - May 2021: VMM-262(REIN) / with detachments from HMLA-267, HMH-465, VMFA-121, HSC-25 May 2021 - May 2022: VMM-265(REIN) / with detachments from HMLA-169, HMH-462, VMFA-121, HSC-25 May 2022 - November 2022: VMM-262(REIN) / with detachments from HMLA-469, HMH-361, VMFA-121, HSC-25 November 2022 - May 2023: VMM-262(REIN) / with detachments from HMLA-267, HMH-465, VMFA-242, HSC-25 May 2023 - ??: VMM-265(REIN) / with detachments from HMLA-169, HMH-462, VMFA-242, HSC-25 |
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 with VMM-265(REIN) embarked - exercise Talisman Sabre - Coral Sea - July 2023  East China Sea - March 2023  East China Sea - March 2023  East China Sea - March 2023  East China Sea - March 2023  East China Sea - March 2023  East China Sea - September 2022  with VMM-262(REIN) embarked - White Beach Naval Facility, Okinawa, Japan - July 2022  with VMM-265(REIN) embarked - Philippine Sea - January 2022  with VMM-265(REIN) embarked - Philippine Sea - January 2022  moored at MCAS Iwakuni, Japan - November 2021  with VMM-265(REIN) embarked - exercise Talisman Sabre - Coral Sea - July 2021  with VMM-265(REIN) embarked - exercise Talisman Sabre - Coral Sea - July 2021  with VMM-265(REIN) embarked - exercise Talisman Sabre - Coral Sea - July 2021  with VMM-265(REIN) embarked - Philippine Sea - June 2021  with VMM-265(REIN) embarked - Philippine Sea - June 2021  with VMM-265(REIN) embarked - White Beach Naval Facility, Okinawa, Japan - June 2021  with VMM-262(REIN) embarked - Philippine Sea - January 2021  with VMM-262(REIN) embarked - Philippine Sea - January 2021  Philippine Sea - January 2021  Philippine Sea - January 2021  with VMM-262(REIN) embarked - Naval Base Guam, Apra Harbor - October 2020  with VMM-262(REIN) embarked - Philippine Sea - September 2020  with VMM-262(REIN) embarked - Philippine Sea - September 2020  with VMM-262(REIN) embarked - exercise Valiant Shield - Philippine Sea - September 2020  with VMM-262(REIN) embarked - exercise Valiant Shield - Philippine Sea - September 2020  with VMM-262(REIN) embarked - Philippine Sea - September 2020  with VMM-262(REIN) embarked - Philippine Sea - September 2020  with VMM-262(REIN) embarked - Philippine Sea - September 2020  with VMM-262(REIN) embarked - Philippine Sea - September 2020  with VMM-262(REIN) embarked - Philippine Sea - September 2020  with VMM-262(REIN) embarked - Philippine Sea - August 2020  with VMM-262(REIN) embarked - Philippine Sea - August 2020  Philippine Sea - August 2020  with VMM-265(REIN) embarked - South China Sea - April 2020  with VMM-265(REIN) embarked - East China Sea - April 2020  with VMM-265(REIN) embarked - East China Sea - April 2020  with VMM-265(REIN) embarked - East China Sea - April 2020  with VMM-265(REIN) embarked - Philippine Sea - March 2020  with VMM-265(REIN) embarked - Naval Base Guam, Apra Harbor - March 2020  with VMM-265(REIN) embarked - Naval Base Guam, Apra Harbor - March 2020  with VMM-265(REIN) embarked - Philippine Sea - March 2020  with VMM-265(REIN) embarked - South China Sea - March 2020  with VMM-265(REIN) embarked - South China Sea - March 2020  with VMM-265(REIN) embarked - South China Sea - March 2020  with VMM-265(REIN) embarked - exercise Cobra Gold - Gulf of Thailand - February 2020  with VMM-265(REIN) embarked - exercise Cobra Gold - Gulf of Thailand - February 2020  Port of Laem Chabang, Thailand - February 2020  Port of Laem Chabang, Thailand - February 2020  Port of Laem Chabang, Thailand - February 2020  with VMM-265(REIN) embarked - Pacific Ocean - February 2020  with VMM-265(REIN) embarked - Pacific Ocean - February 2020  with VMM-265(REIN) embarked - Pacific Ocean - February 2020  with VMM-265(REIN) embarked - Pacific Ocean - February 2020  with VMM-265(REIN) embarked - Philippine Sea - January 2020  with VMM-265(REIN) embarked - East China Sea - January 2020  with VMM-265(REIN) embarked - East China Sea - January 2020  arriving at her new homeport (forward deployed) at Fleet Activities Sasebo, Japan - December 6, 2019  Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii - November 2019  arriving at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii - November 2019  departing Naval Base San Diego, California for her journey to Fleet Activities Sasebo, Japan - November 13, 2019  departing Naval Base San Diego, California for her journey to Fleet Activities Sasebo, Japan - November 13, 2019  departing Naval Base San Diego, California for her journey to Fleet Activities Sasebo, Japan - November 13, 2019  departing Naval Base San Diego, California for her journey to Fleet Activities Sasebo, Japan - November 13, 2019  Pacific Ocean - October 2019  Pacific Ocean - October 2019  Pacific Ocean - October 2019  Pacific Ocean - October 2019  Pacific Ocean - October 2019  Pacific Ocean - August 2019  Pacific Ocean - August 2019  Pacific Ocean - July 2019  returning to San Diego, California - February 2018  returning to Naval Base San Diego, California - February 2018  Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii - January 2018  with VMM-161(REIN) embarked - Pacific Ocean - January 2018  with VMM-161(REIN) embarked - Makassar Strait - January 2018  with VMM-161(REIN) embarked - Changi Naval Base, Singapore - December 2017  with VMM-161(REIN) embarked - Arabian Gulf - November 2017  with VMM-161(REIN) embarked - Arabian Gulf - November 2017  5th Fleet AOR - November 2017  helm and leehelm on the bridge - November 2017  with VMM-161(REIN) embarked - Gulf of Aden - October 2017  central control station - 5th Fleet AOR - October 2017  radar terminal in the combat information center (CIC) - 5th Fleet AOR - October 2017  with VMM-161(REIN) embarked - Gulf of Aden - September 2017  with VMM-161(REIN) embarked - Gulf of Aden - September 2017  Singapore - August 2017  Pacific Ocean - July 2017  departing San Diego - July 2017  CERTEX - Pacific Ocean - June 2017  with F-35B Lightning II fighter jets embarked - November 2016  November 2016  November 2016  November 2016  San Diego Fleet Week - September 2016  Los Angeles Fleet Week - San Pedro, California - August 2016  Los Angeles Fleet Week - San Pedro, California - August 2016  Los Angeles Fleet Week - San Pedro, California - August 2016  Los Angeles Fleet Week - San Pedro, California - August 2016 Los Angeles Fleet Week - August 2016  Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - August 2016  Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - August 2016  Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - August 2016  during exercise RIMPAC 16 - Pacific Ocean - July 2016  during exercise RIMPAC 16 - Pacific Ocean - July 2016  during exercise RIMPAC 16 - Pacific Ocean - July 2016  during exercise RIMPAC 16 - Pacific Ocean - July 2016  during exercise RIMPAC 16 - Pacific Ocean - July 2016  during exercise RIMPAC 16 - Pacific Ocean - July 2016  during exercise RIMPAC 16 - Pacific Ocean - July 2016  Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii - July 2016  arriving at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii - June 2016  Pacific Ocean - June 2016  Pacific Ocean - June 2016  Pacific Ocean - June 2016  Pacific Ocean - June 2016  Pacific Ocean - June 2016  Pacific Ocean - June 2016  Pacific Ocean - June 2016  Pacific Ocean - May 2016  Pacific Ocean - May 2016  arriving at her new homeport - San Diego, California - October 16, 2014  commissioning ceremony - San Francisco, California - October 11, 2014  prepared for commissioning - San Francisco, California - October 10, 2014  arriving in San Diego, California - September 2014  arriving in San Diego, California - September 2014  Pacific Ocean - September 2014  Pacific Ocean - September 2014  Pacific Ocean - September 2014  off Chile - August 2014  off Chile - August 2014  Strait of Magellan - August 2014  South Atlantic Ocean - August 2014  Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - August 2014  Guantanamo Bay, Cuba - July 2014  departing Pascagoula, Mississippi for her journey to the US west coast via Magellan Straits - July 2014  custody transfer ceremony - Pascagoula, Mississippi - April 10, 2014  returning to Huntington Ingalls Shipyard from acceptance trials - Pascagoula, Mississippi - January 31, 2014  returning to Huntington Ingalls Shipyard from acceptance trials - Pascagoula, Mississippi - January 31, 2014  returning to Huntington Ingalls Shipyard after completing sea trials - Pascagoula, Mississippi - November 9, 2013  outfitting at Huntington Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi - June 2012 |
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USS America (LHA 6): The U.S. Navy awarded Northrop Grumman Corporation's Ingalls Shipyard Division a $2.4 billion fixed-price incentive contract for the detailed design and construction of LHA-6, primarily at the company's shipyard in Pascagoula, Mississippi. The production decision was made in January 2006 and construction of LHA-6 began in December 2008. Navy Secretary Donald C. Winter announced in June 2008 that the ship would be named America. The keel-laying ceremony was held on 17 July 2009 with delivery originally planned for August 2012. The ship was launched on 4 June 2012, and christened on 20 October. She took to the sea for the first time on 5 November 2013, for five days of builder's sea trials in the Gulf of Mexico, and completed acceptance sea trials in February 2014. America departed in commission without ceremony from Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Mississippi, on 11 July 2014 in transit to her homeport of San Diego, California. The ship earned commission status after the crew successfully completed the light-off assessment, anti-terrorism force protection certification and crew certification. America arrived at Rio de Janeiro on 5 August, and the local press was invited to a guided visit the next day. She arrived at her home port of San Diego, California on 15 September 2014. During transitions around South America, America's mission was to connect with regional allies, conducting joint exercises with Colombia, Brazil, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, Chile, and Peru involving security and communications operations, as well as medical asset coordination and mission planning activities. The ship carried three SH-60 Seahawk helicopters of HSC-21 and four MV-22 Ospreys of VMX-22, which flew into countries and transported distinguished visitors to the ship. Plans are to embark the F-35B JSF for America's first operational deployment. America was commissioned on 11 October 2014 in San Francisco as part of the activities of San Francisco Fleet Week 2014. The Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) Ray Mabus was the featured speaker. In July 2017, America was attached to the 15th MEU for Western Pacific 17-2 (WESTPAC 17-2). Their main mission was the supporting of Operation Inherent Resolve. During their deployment, Marines and Sailors aboard the America came to the aid of the USS John S. McCain at Changi Naval Base after the USS John S. McCain and Alnic MC collision. America provided messing and berthing services to McCain crew members and supported damage control efforts on board. America also supported the searches for the 10 missing Sailors all of which were eventually recovered. America decomposited stateside on 7 March 2018. USS America joined the U.S. 7th Fleet forward-deployed amphibious force in Sasebo, December 6, 2019, after transiting the Pacific Ocean from its former homeport of San Diego. In July 2021, America participated in Exercise Talisman Saber 2021 in north-east Australian waters, with more than 17,000 personnel from Australia and the United States and forces from Canada, Japan, New Zealand, South Korea and the United Kingdom. source: wikipedia + USN |
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