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America-class amphibious assault ship

Amphibious assault shipUnited StatesIn service since 2014
America-class amphibious assault ship
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Key specs

Type
Amphibious assault ship
Shipyards
Huntington Ingalls Industries, Ingalls Shipbuilding
Construction began
2008
First commissioned
2014
Status
In service
Ships completed
2
Ships in service
2
Ships planned
11
Crew
1,059

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Performance

Dimensions and weights
Displacement
45,693 t
Length
257.25 m
Beam
32.31 m
Performance
Maximum speed
20 kn (37 km/h)
Power
52,199 kW
Armament
Armament
2 × RIM-116 Rolling Airframe2 × RIM-162 ESSM2 × Phalanx CIWS3 × Mk 38 Machine Gun Systems
Aircraft carried
AV-8B Harrier IIF-35B Lightning IIMV-22B OspreyCH-53E Super StallionCH-53K King StallionUH-1Y VenomAH-1Z ViperMH-60S Knighthawk

Operators

United States

Sources

  1. Wikipedia: America-class amphibious assault ship, Wikipedia

Figures from the ship infobox of the English Wikipedia article, for the class as a whole. Armament lists what the ships carried or carry.