The Wasp-class LHDs are currently the largest amphibious ships in the world ... LHA 5 and LHDs 1-8 are in-service. LHA 6 (AMERICA) is planned for delivery to the Fleet in 2014.

The following is the Jan. 23, 2025, Congressional Research Service report, Navy Medium Landing Ship (LSM) Program: Background ...

China may be building a new class of amphibious assault ships modeled upon or at least quite similar to the U.S. Navy’s fast-emerging America-class amphibious assault ship. The U.S. Navy’s ...

In total, the America amphibious ships can carry up to 25 Harriers, F-35Bs, or a combination of the two. Almost half of the America-class’ design is based on the final USS Makin Island.

The American amphibious assault ship, USS America, can support flight operations by F-35B stealth fighter aircraft.

In its annual survey of 219 member companies, the Amphibious Warfare Industrial Base Coalition (AWIBC) said that a majority ...

The USS America is the first of its kind — an America-class amphibious assault ship built for rapid-mobility air assault. It is capable of supporting the traditional "storm the beaches ...

It's bigger than the U.S. Navy's America-class amphibious assault ships, at least in dimension, if not in displacement weight. Most notable is the presence of a sophisticated catapult system ...

CNS Luohe, the first ship of the Type 054B that has a hull number "545," was put into service at a military port in Qingdao, ...

America’s Wasp-class big-deck amphibious ships might have entered service in the 1990’s, but their landing craft are relics from the early sixties. Each of America’s Wasp-class assault ...