Keywords: USS America arrives in its homeport of San Diego 140915-N-YB590-160.jpg en Aviation Boatswain ™s Mate Airman Franses Alde and Airman Beo Delarosa both assigned to future amphibious assault ship USS America LHA 6 raise the Navy Jack as the ship arrives in its homeport of San Diego for the first time Their arrival marks the completion of a two-month transit around South America from Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula Miss 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 1st Class John Scorza/Released 2014-09-15 Petty Officer 2nd Class John Scorza Jr https //www dvidshub net/image/1551186 140915-N-YB590-160 2014-09-15 20 04 SAN DIEGO CA US PD-USGov-Military-Navy MV-22B Osprey USS America LHA-6 Images from DoD uploaded by Fæ |