09 November 2021 USS America, JS Ise Lead Integrated Training with Sasebo-based JMSDF Ships EAST CHINA SEA - USS America (LHA 6), the Navy’s only forward-deployed amphibious assault ship, trained alongside Hyūga-class helicopter destroyer JS Ise (DDH 182) and other Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) ships off the coast of Kyushu, Nov. 3...
04 November 2021 USS America, JS Ise Lead Integrated Training with Sasebo-Based JMSDF Ships EAST CHINA SEA - America, Ise, and six other JMSDF ships conducted precision maneuvering and integrated surface warfare training...
22 August 2021 USS America fuels HMS Defender at sea in first FAS with U.S. amphib, British warship PHILIPPINE SEA - USS America (LHA 6), the Navy’s only forward-deployed amphibious assault ship, conducted a bilateral fueling-at-sea (FAS) with Royal Navy destroyer HMS Defender (D 36) while operating with elements of the HMS Queen Elizabeth (R 08) Carrier Strike Group (CSG-21) in the Philippine...
22 August 2021 United Kingdom Carrier Strike Group and USS America Expeditionary Strike Group Join Together for LSGE 21 Operations PHILIPPINE SEA - United Kingdom (U.K.) Carrier Strike Group (CSG 21) and USS America Expeditionary Strike Group (AMA ESG) with embarked 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, begin multinational advanced aviation operations in support of Large Scale Global Exercise (LSGE) 21, Aug. 20...
05 August 2021 USS America Expeditionary Strike Group Participates in Combined and Joint Battle Problem CORAL SEA - USS America Expeditionary Strike Group (AMA ESG), along with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), begin operations alongside Royal Australian Navy’s HMAS Canberra (L 02) and HMAS Ballarat (FFH 155); and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force JS Makinami (DD 115) in support of the...
04 June 2021 U.S. 7th Fleet commander visits USS America PHILIPPINE SEA – Vice Adm. Bill Merz, commander, U.S. 7th Fleet, visited the Navy’s only forward-deployed amphibious assault ship, USS America (LHA 6), at sea, June 2...