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 ...
Though not nuclear-powered, the America-class vessels are similar in size to the French Navy's flagship aircraft carrier ...
The Navy’s newest and most advanced amphibious assault ship arrived in Japan this week to take over as flagship of Amphibious Squadron 11, replacing the USS America as part of a homeport shift aimed ...
The amphibious assault ship Tripoli makes its way through San Diego Harbor on Nov. 29, 2022, as it returns to Naval Base San Diego from its maiden voyage to the Indo-Pacific. (MC2 Brett McMinoway/U.S.
U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II strike fighters with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121 (VMFA-121) conduct flight operations aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli (LHA-7), while underway ...
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