America Class LHA (General-Purpose Amphibious Assault Ship) – 1 unit

LHA-6 – America – Commissioned: 2014 – №: 1 – Homeport: San Diego

LHA-7 – Tripoli – Commissioned:

Displacement: 45,693 tons full load

Length: 257 m

Beam: 32 m

Propulsion: 2 gas turbines, 2 shafts, with 70,000 total brake horsepower, and 2 5,000 hp (3,700 kW) auxiliary propulsion engines

Speed: 20 knots (37 km/h)

Complement: 65 officers, 994 enlisted men, 1,687 Marines

Sensors and processing systems:

AN/SPQ-9B fire control radar;

AN/SPS-48E air search radar;

Electronic warfare & decoys:

AN/SLQ-32B(V)2;

2 Mark-53 Nulka decoy launchers

Armament:

2 Rolling Airframe Missile launchers;

2 Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile launchers;

2 Phalanx CIWS;

7 dual Browning .50 caliber machine guns

Aircraft carried:

AV-8B Harrier II;

F-35B Lightning II;

MV-22B Osprey;

CH-53E Super Stallion or CH-53K King Stallion;

UH-1Y Venom;

AH-1Z Viper;

MH-60S Knight Hawk

Aviation facilities: hangar deck

AMERICA CLASS

United States Navy