Keywords: USS America reception 140807-N-LQ799-118.jpg en Liliana Ayalde U S ambassador to Brazil speaks with Capt Kenneth Blackman chief of staff Expeditionary Strike Group 3 right and Boatswain ™s Mate 1st Class Tiago Campos a Brazilian-American Sailor assigned to the future amphibious assault ship USS America LHA 6 during a reception on board the ship America is currently traveling through the U S Southern Command and U S 4th Fleet area of responsibility on her maiden transit America visits the Americas America is the first ship of its class replacing the Tarawa-class of amphibious assault ships As the next generation big-deck amphibious assault ship America is optimized for aviation capable of supporting current and future aircraft such as the MV-22 Osprey and F-35B Joint Strike Fighter The ship is scheduled to be ceremoniously commissioned Oct 11 in San Francisco U S Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Lewis Hunsaker/Released 2014-08-07 Petty Officer 1st Class Lewis Hunsaker https //www dvidshub net/image/1497622 140807-N-LQ799-118 2014-08-12 01 56 RIO DE JANEIRO BR PD-USGov-Military-Navy MV-22B Osprey Aboard USS America LHA-6 Images from DoD uploaded by Fæ |