It replaces the USS America as the Navy's amphibious assault ship based in Japan. The Tripoli played a central role in the F-35B "lightning carrier" concept. The US Navy is stationing its new ...

The America-class amphibious assault carrier USS Tripoli leaves San Diego Bay on May 19. (Photo by Sara L. Eshleman/U.S. Navy) The Navy’s two newest amphibious assault ships, the USS America and USS ...

As the US Navy positions military vessels around Venezuela, China has deployed a hospital ship to Nicaragua—hoping to ...

San Diego’s General Dynamics-NASSCO will get nearly $200 million from the U.S. Defense Department to repair and upgrade the amphibious assault ship USS America, one of the largest and most versatile ...

Dec. 23 (UPI) --The readiness of the Navy's fleet of 32 amphibious warfare ships, which are deemed crucial in quickly projecting U.S. power around the world, is in dire shape, according to a scathing ...

It is one thing to win the award, and it is a different thing to maintain that award. Such consistency in top-level performance is as important as the performance itself. One of the U.S. Navy’s most ...

Yeoman Seaman Recruit Rashidah King, from Mobile, Ala., left, shows Personnel Specialist 2nd Class Romualdo Paulino, from Wynne, Ark., how to fill out a zone inspection discrepancy list during a zone ...

The US Navy FY 2026 budget request includes funding for America-class amphibious assault ship, like USS America, shown here. (US Navy) The US Navy (USN) Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 budget requests include ...

The San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS San Diego arrived in Sasebo, Japan, this week as the Navy’s newest warship to be forward deployed to Asia. Sailors manned the rails as the ship ...

San Diego Bay will lose an amphibious assault ship this year but gain an equally brawny replacement as the Navy goes through a planned rotation of huge vessels that transport and deploy Marines, the ...