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America Sets Sail: New Amphib, LHA-6, Leaves Shipyard
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America Sets Sail: New Amphib, LHA-6, Leaves Shipyard
By SYDNEY J. FREEDBERG JR.
on July 11, 2014 at 4:58 PM
LHA-6, the future USS AMERICA, leaves its shipyard in Pascagoula.
After five years in the shipyard, the first of a new class of Navy amphibious warship set sail today from its Pascagoula, Miss. birthsite for San Francisco, headed for the fleet. LHA-6 will be commissioned as the USS America this October.
America has been controversial in the military and on this website. I’ve argued the LHA-6 is a dead end in naval design, because in order to carry more aircraft — MV-22 Osprey tiltrotors, F-35B Joint Strike Fighter jump-jets — it sacrifices the well deck required to launch landing craft and amtracs, which sort of takes the “amphibious” out of “amphibious warship.” Regular contributor and recognized expert Robbin Laird has argued that the class’s increased airpower is well worth the trade-off and makes it invaluable for missions like 2011′s raids on Libya, which were launched by amphibs in absence of a full-sized aircraft carrier.
Who’s right? Maybe both of us. The Navy is building only one more ship to the exact LHA-6 design, the still-under-construction USS Tripoli (price: $2.4 billion). After that, they’re putting back the well deck — but they’re incorporating other features from the America design to increase the capacity for aircraft, too.
Regardless, the America remains an impressive feat of engineering and an important addition to the Navy-Marine Corps amphibious fleet, a unique and sometimes underappreciated national asset. So, as an antidote to all the airplane porn pouring out of the Farnborough International Airshow, we thought we’d greet the weekend with some ship pics of LHA-6 leaving its shipyard home for the wider world. Photos are all courtesy of America‘s manufacturer, leading amphib builder Huntington-Ingalls Industries.
Huntington-Ingalls shipyard workers and guests watch as the LHA-6 prepares to head out to sea.
Breakingdefense.com
By SYDNEY J. FREEDBERG JR.
on July 11, 2014 at 4:58 PM
LHA-6, the future USS AMERICA, leaves its shipyard in Pascagoula.
After five years in the shipyard, the first of a new class of Navy amphibious warship set sail today from its Pascagoula, Miss. birthsite for San Francisco, headed for the fleet. LHA-6 will be commissioned as the USS America this October.
America has been controversial in the military and on this website. I’ve argued the LHA-6 is a dead end in naval design, because in order to carry more aircraft — MV-22 Osprey tiltrotors, F-35B Joint Strike Fighter jump-jets — it sacrifices the well deck required to launch landing craft and amtracs, which sort of takes the “amphibious” out of “amphibious warship.” Regular contributor and recognized expert Robbin Laird has argued that the class’s increased airpower is well worth the trade-off and makes it invaluable for missions like 2011′s raids on Libya, which were launched by amphibs in absence of a full-sized aircraft carrier.
Who’s right? Maybe both of us. The Navy is building only one more ship to the exact LHA-6 design, the still-under-construction USS Tripoli (price: $2.4 billion). After that, they’re putting back the well deck — but they’re incorporating other features from the America design to increase the capacity for aircraft, too.
Regardless, the America remains an impressive feat of engineering and an important addition to the Navy-Marine Corps amphibious fleet, a unique and sometimes underappreciated national asset. So, as an antidote to all the airplane porn pouring out of the Farnborough International Airshow, we thought we’d greet the weekend with some ship pics of LHA-6 leaving its shipyard home for the wider world. Photos are all courtesy of America‘s manufacturer, leading amphib builder Huntington-Ingalls Industries.
Huntington-Ingalls shipyard workers and guests watch as the LHA-6 prepares to head out to sea.
Breakingdefense.com
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Next USS Tripoli sedang dalam proses pembuatan
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Keel Laid For Amphibious Warship Tripoli
By: Sam LaGrone
Published: June 20, 2014 3:21 PM
Updated: June 20, 2014 3:21 PM
Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) Ray Mabus delivers remarks during the keel-laying ceremony for the amphibious assault ship Tripoli (LHA-7). US Navy Photo
The keel for the next-generation amphibious warship Tripoli (LHA-7) was laid in a ceremony at Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Miss. on Friday.
The ceremony marked the official start of construction for the second America-class landing helicopter dock for the U.S., following the $3 billion first-in-class America (LHA-6) — which plans to commission later this year.
“Like America, Tripoli boasts a very credible and capable aviation centric design that replaces the Tarawa class of amphibious assault ships,” Capt. Christopher Mercer, Amphibious Warfare Program Manager within Program Executive Office (PEO) Ships said in a Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) statement.
“The design brings with it increased capabilities and will maximize the Navy’s investment in future aircraft.”
America (LHA-6) returns to Ingalls Shipyard Jan. 31, 2014 from acceptance trials. US Navy Photo
Each of the 45,000-ton ships in the class are optimized for modern Marine aircraft like the MV-22 tilt-rotor Osprey and the short takeoff-vertical landing (STOVL) F-35B Lighting II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF).
However, America and Tripoli were designed without a well deck — which allows a ship to take on and disembark amphibious landing craft — much to the protest of the Marine Corps.
LHA-8 will be redesigned to incorporate a well deck into the design.
www.USNI.org
By: Sam LaGrone
Published: June 20, 2014 3:21 PM
Updated: June 20, 2014 3:21 PM
Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) Ray Mabus delivers remarks during the keel-laying ceremony for the amphibious assault ship Tripoli (LHA-7). US Navy Photo
The keel for the next-generation amphibious warship Tripoli (LHA-7) was laid in a ceremony at Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Miss. on Friday.
The ceremony marked the official start of construction for the second America-class landing helicopter dock for the U.S., following the $3 billion first-in-class America (LHA-6) — which plans to commission later this year.
“Like America, Tripoli boasts a very credible and capable aviation centric design that replaces the Tarawa class of amphibious assault ships,” Capt. Christopher Mercer, Amphibious Warfare Program Manager within Program Executive Office (PEO) Ships said in a Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) statement.
“The design brings with it increased capabilities and will maximize the Navy’s investment in future aircraft.”
America (LHA-6) returns to Ingalls Shipyard Jan. 31, 2014 from acceptance trials. US Navy Photo
Each of the 45,000-ton ships in the class are optimized for modern Marine aircraft like the MV-22 tilt-rotor Osprey and the short takeoff-vertical landing (STOVL) F-35B Lighting II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF).
However, America and Tripoli were designed without a well deck — which allows a ship to take on and disembark amphibious landing craft — much to the protest of the Marine Corps.
LHA-8 will be redesigned to incorporate a well deck into the design.
www.USNI.org
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