LHA-6 America

Country:  United States

Class, [Type]: America, [LHA].

Builder: Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi, U.S.A.

Launch date: 04 June 2012.

Commission date: 11 October 2014.

Displacement ( tons ): 45.693 at full load.

Dimensions ( metres ): 257 x 32 x 7,9

Main machinery: 2 x GE LM 2500+ gas turbines ( 70.000 hp ), 2 x propellers.

Speed ( knots ): 22.

Range ( miles ): 9.500.

Complement: 1.059 ( 65 officers ) + 1.687 marines.

Guns: 2 x Mk38 M242 Bushmaster 25mm, 2 x Mk15 Vulcan Phalanx CIWS 20mm, 7 x Mk95 twin 12,7mm.

Missiles:  SAM: 2 x Mk31 Mod 0 launchers ( 42 x RIM-116A RAM missiles ), 2 x Mk29 launchers ( ESSM missiles).

Radar: Air: ITT SPS-48G, 3D, E/F bands, range 402km; Raytheon SPS-49(V)5, C/D bands, range 457km; Surface search: 1 x Norden SPS-67(V)3, 1 x SPQ-9B, X-band; Navigation: SPS-64(V)9, Furuno 900, I band; Fire Control: ? x Mk95 ( for SAM ), I/J bands; Aircraft Control Approach: 1 x SPN-35C.

Countermeasures: Decoys: 2 x Mk53 NULKA, SLQ-25A Nixie towed torpedo decoy; ESM/ECM: Raytheon SLQ-32B(V)2 suite.

Helicopter: 4 x CH53E Sea Stallion, 8 x AH1Z Super Cobra, 4 x MH60S Seahawk.

Aviation: 10 x F35B JSF, 12 x MV22 Osprey.

Callsign: NUSA ()

Comment: The America class of LHA´s in current service are a modified version of LHD8 Makin Island, being the most noticeable change the absence of a well. The extra space has been used to support more aircraft. Aircraft carried depends on type of mission.

Homeport: Sasebo.