N07-127-498 USS AMERICA LHA-6

USS America (LHA-6) is an American Amphibious Assault Ship or Landing Helicopter Assault, the keel of which was laid in July 2009, was launched in June 2012 and entered service with the US Navy. place in 2014. The total length of the ship at the time of launching was 261 m, width 32 m, with a full displacement of about 45,700 tons. The maximum speed is over 22 knots. The armament of the unit includes: 2 25mm M 242 Bushamster cannons, 2 20mm Vulcan Phalanx CIWS sets or 2 RIM-116 RAM launchers. USS America (LHA-6) is the leading unit of the landing ships of the same name, America. During the construction of ships of this type, the experience gained from the operation of Wasp-type units was used to a large extent. The main change compared to this type was that more emphasis was placed on the capabilities related to air operations and the abandonment of the use of a built-in dock on the first 2 ships of the new class (USS America and USS Tripoli). However, on the third unit in a row, this solution was returned to. America-class ships are able to carry a landing of approximately 1,700 Marines and carry out air operations using both airplanes (for example: F-35 B Lightning II) and helicopters (for example: UH-1Y Venom or MH-60S Knighthawk ). USS America (LHA-6) was built at the Northrop Grumman Corporation at Ingalls Shipyard. Since entering service, the unit has operated in both the Atlantic and the Pacific, taking part in many exercises, and in 2017 it secured operations against ISIS in the Middle East.