USS America (LHA-6)

History
USS America with F-35Bs, MV-22 Ospreys, and several helicopters on deck
United States
Name	America
Namesake	United States
Awarded	1 June 2007
Builder	Huntington Ingalls Industries
Laid down	17 July 2009
Launched	4 June 2012
Sponsored by	Lynne Pace
Christened	20 October 2012
Acquired	10 April 2014
Commissioned	11 October 2014
Homeport	Sasebo
Identification	Hull number: LHA-6
Motto	Bello vel pace paratus (Ready for War or Peace)
Status	in active service
Notes	Program cost: $10.1 billion(FY15) Unit cost: $3.4 billion (FY15)
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General characteristics
Class & type	America-class amphibious assault ship
Type	Landing Helicopter Assault (LHA)
Displacement	44,971 long tons (45,693 t) full load
Length	844 ft (257 m)
Beam	106 ft (32 m)
Draft	26 ft (7.9 m)
Propulsion	Two marine gas turbines, two shafts, 70,000 bhp (52,000 kW), two 5,000 hp (3,700 kW) auxiliary propulsion motors.
Speed	Over 22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph)
Troops	1,687 Marines (plus 184 surge)
Complement	102 officers, 1,102 enlisted
Sensors & processing systems	AN/SPQ-9B surface search & fire control radar AN/SPS-48E(V)10 3-D airsearch radar AN/SPS-49(V)1 2-D airsearch radar AN/SPN-43C air traffic control radar Ship Self-Defense System (SSDS) Mod 4 Cooperative Engagement Capability (CEC)
Electronic warfare & decoys	AN/SLQ-32B(V)2 Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program Block 1 2 × Mk53 Nulka decoy launchers
Armament	2× Rolling Airframe Missile launchers 2× Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile launchers 2× 20 mm Phalanx CIWS mounts 2x 25mm M242 Bushmaster Machine Gun System 7× twin .50 BMG machine guns
Aircraft carried	AV-8B Harrier II MV-22B Osprey F-35B Lightning II CH-53K King Stallion UH-1Y Venom AH-1Z Viper MH-60S Knighthawk

USS America (LHA-6) is an amphibious assault ship of the United States Navy and the lead ship of the America-class amphibious assault ship. The fourth U.S. warship to be named for the United States of America, she was delivered in spring of 2014, replacing Peleliu of the Tarawa class. Her mission is to act as the flagship of an expeditionary strike group or amphibious ready group, carrying part of a Marine expeditionary unit into battle and putting them ashore with helicopters and V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft, supported by F-35B Lightning II aircraft and helicopter gunships.