amphibious assault ship
In October the USS Makin Island, an amphibious assault ship, was the first of 12 hybrid-powered ships to take to the water.
General Allen said a second Navy task force led by the amphibious assault ship the Bonhomme Richard had entered the Indian Ocean Monday to join in operations off Sumatra.
According to Lockheed Martin F-35 program manager, Tom Burbage, both the Lightning II aircraft and the USS Wasp, an amphibious assault ship, have been instrumented for the trials.
America, the first of a new class of amphibious assault ships, "has the potential to be a new generation of light aircraft carrier," Hendrix writes.
