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America-class amphibious assault ships
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/America-class_amphibious_assault_ships
GPTKB entity
Statements (48)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer
gptkbp:aircraftCarried
gptkb:CH-53K_King_Stallion
gptkb:F-35B_Lightning_II
gptkb:MH-60S_Seahawk
gptkb:AH-1Z_Viper
gptkb:MV-22_Osprey
gptkb:UH-1Y_Venom
gptkbp:armament
gptkb:Phalanx_CIWS
gptkb:RIM-116_Rolling_Airframe_Missile
gptkb:RIM-162_Evolved_Sea_Sparrow_Missile
.50 caliber machine guns
gptkbp:beam
32 meters
gptkbp:builder
gptkb:Huntington_Ingalls_Industries
gptkbp:commissioned
gptkb:2014_(USS_America)
2020 (USS Tripoli)
gptkbp:costPerShip
approximately $3.4 billion
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:crew
about 1,200
gptkbp:designedFor
gptkb:Marine_Expeditionary_Units
gptkbp:displacement
approximately 45,000 tons full load
gptkbp:embarkedMarines
about 1,800
gptkbp:firstShipLaunched
gptkb:USS_America_(LHA-6)
gptkbp:flightDeck
full-length
gptkbp:homeport
gptkb:San_Diego,_California
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
America-class amphibious assault ships
gptkbp:hullMaterial
gptkb:LHA
gptkbp:length
257 meters
gptkbp:namedAfter
gptkb:Battle_of_Tripoli
gptkb:Battle_of_Bougainville
gptkb:Battle_of_America
gptkbp:nickname
Lightning Carrier (when operating F-35Bs)
gptkbp:numberActive
2 (as of 2024)
gptkbp:numberPlanned
11
gptkbp:operatedBy
gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:precededBy
gptkb:Wasp-class_amphibious_assault_ships
gptkbp:propulsion
gas turbine engines
gptkbp:radar
gptkb:AN/SPY-6(V)2_EASR_(from_LHA-8)
gptkbp:role
gptkb:ship
amphibious warfare
expeditionary warfare
gptkbp:secondShip
gptkb:USS_Tripoli_(LHA-7)
gptkbp:speed
over 20 knots
gptkbp:thirdPlace
gptkb:USS_Bougainville_(LHA-8)
gptkbp:wellDeck
not present on first two ships
present from third ship onward
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Ingalls_Shipbuilding
gptkb:Huntington_Ingalls_Industries
gptkbp:bfsLayer
5