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USS America to replace Wasp at Sasebo, Japan

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USS Wasp will soon depart Sasebo, Japan for good and USS America will replace the amphibious assault ship this May.

USS America (LHA-6) arrives at San Diego in September 2014
By U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Rosalie Chang [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons


USS Wasp is scheduled to return back to the United States for maintenance. It will then move to Norfolk.

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