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...