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USS America (LHA-6)

America Class LHA(R) Amphibious Assault Ship:
  • Laid down, 17 July 2009, at Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp. Pascagoula, MS.
  • Projected launch date, 2010
  • Projected completion and commissioning date 2013
    Specifications:
    Displacement 44,971 long t.(lt), 50,000 long t.(fl)
    Length 844"
    Beam 106"
    Speed 22+ kts.
    Endurance 9,500 miles
    Medical Capability 2 operating rooms, 24 bed ward
    Flight Deck 9 CH-53K spots
    Elevators1 Port, 1 Starboard
    Vehicle Square 19,112 ft2
    Cargo/Ammo Cube 145,963 ft3
    Aviation Fuel (JP-5) 1,300,000 gal / or 1.6 M gallons
    Aircraft, Standard Configuration:
    Ten F-35B Joint Strike Fighters (JSF) STOVL aircraft
    Twelve MV-22 Osprey VTOL tiltrotors
    Four CH-53E Sea Stallion helicopters
    Eight AH-1Z Super Cobra helicopters
    four MH-60S Seahawk helicopters
    Complement 65 officers, 994 enlisted
    Load:
    1,687 troops (plus 184 surge)
    Ships Company 100 officers, 1,000 enlisted
    Marine Detachment: 1,800
    Armament
    Two Mk-29 NATO Evolved Sea Sparrow launchers
    Tow MK49 Rolling Airframe Missile [RAM]
    Three 20mm Phalanx CIWS mounts
    eight .50 cal. machine guns
    Two - Mk-29 NATO Evolved Sea Sparrow launchers
    Electronics
    AN/USG-2 Cooperative Engagement Capability (CEC)
    SSDS MK2
    Distributed Common Ground System (DCGS-N)
    AN/USQ-T46(V) BFTT
    IFF Interrogator System AN/UPX-29 (V)
    AN/SRC-55
    AN/TPX-42A(V)14
    AN/SPN-35C
    AN/WSN-7 RLGN
    AN/SPS-48 Radar
    AN/SPS-49 Radar
    AN/SPQ-9B Radar
    Propulsion Two General Electric "LM2500 plus" gas turbines engines, approximately 50 MW, two shafts, 70,000 total brake horsepower
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    America 267k Artist's rendering of USS America (LHA-6), courtesy of Northrop Grumman. Robert M. Cieri
    America 40k Artist's rendering of USS America (LHA-6), courtesy of Northrop Grumman. Robert M. Cieri
    America 29k Line drawing of USS America (LHA-6), starboard side, courtesy of Northrop Grumman. Robert M. Cieri
    America 47k Line drawing of USS America (LHA-6), overhead view, courtesy of Northrop Grumman. Robert M. Cieri
    America 202k Keel authentication ceremony for America (LHA-6), 17 July 2009, Northrop Grumman Corp., Pascagoula, MS. Mrs. Lynne Pace, sponsor of America (LHA-6) and wife of retired U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Peter Pace, former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Irwin F. Edenzon (left front), sector vice president and general manager, Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding -- Gulf Coast, thank Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding Welder James Sumlin Jr., a 37-year employee, for welding Mrs. Pace's initials onto the keel plate at the end of LHA 6's keel authentication ceremony. Also observing the event (L-R) US Navy CDR. MacGregor McClellan, Chaplain, US Navy CAPT. Robert Howell, executive officer and director of contracts, Supervisor of Shipbuilding, Gulf Coast and US Navy CAPT. Jeff Riedel, program manager, Amphibious Warfare Programs, PEO Ships. Photo courtesy of Northrop Grumman Bill Gonyo and Ron Reeves
    America 701k America (LHA-6) Keel Authentication Ceremony, Mrs. Lynne Pace, sponsor of America (LHA-6).
    Photo courtesy of Northrop Grumman    		 Ron Reeves
    America 419k America (LHA-6) bow assembly at Northrop Grumman Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp. Pascagoula, MS.
    Photo courtesy of Northrop Grumman    		 Ron Reeves
    America 544k
    America 559k
    America 416k America (LHA-6) at Northrop Grumman Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp. Pascagoula, MS., 20 September 2010.
    Photo courtesy of Northrop Grumman    		 Ron Reeves
    America 1166k
    America 1411k
    America 1364k America (LHA-6) at Northrop Grumman Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp. Pascagoula, MS., 22 September 2011.
    Photo courtesy of Northrop Grumman    		 Ron Reeves
    America 366k America (LHA-6) at Northrop Grumman Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp. Pascagoula, MS., 24 September 2011.
    Photo courtesy of Northrop Grumman    		 Ron Reeves
    America 204k
    There is no DANFS history available for USS America (LHA-6) at the US Naval Historical Center
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