USS America (LHA-6) Flight Operations, Marines Deployment and Replenishment-at-sea

Sailors assigned to the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) conduct flight operations in South China Sea and replenishment-at-sea in the Philippine Sea. Also in the video, US Marines assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) deploy from aboard amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6).

USS America (LHA-6), is an amphibious assault ship of the United States #Navy and the lead ship of her class. 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.

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