USS America New Warship stationed in San Diego

Yesterday, as part of San Francisco s Fleet Week activities, the US Navy commissioned the USS America LHA6, the fourth US Navy ship to bear the name and the first in a new class of amphibious assault ships that are really more like aircraft carriers. Although her maiden voyage, a delivery cruise from Louisiana to her home port in San Diego went well, the America Class remains a controversial defense program that is tied directly to two of the most controversial defense programs of all