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Latest update: April 2023
 
US Navy Amphibious Assault Ships
 
USN Amphibious Assault Ships Commission Home port State Fleet MEU Status
USS Wasp (LHD 1) 29-07-89 Norfolk Virginia Atlantic   Homeport
USS Essex (LHD 2) 17-10-92 San Diego California Pacific 11 MEU Homeport
USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) 16-10-93 Norfolk Virginia Atlantic 22 MEU Homeport
USS Boxer (LHD 4) 11-02-95 San Diego California Pacific   Homeport
USS Bataan (LHD 5) 20-09-97 Norfolk Virginia Atlantic 26 MEU Homeport
USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) 15-08-98 San Diego California Pacific   Homeport
USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) 25-03-00 Norfolk Virginia Atlantic 24 MEU Homeport
USS Makin Island (LHD 8) 24-10-09 San Diego California Pacific 13 MEU Deployed
USS America (LHA 6) 11-10-14 San Diego Japan Pacific 31 MEU Homeport
USS Tripoli (LHA 7) 15-07-20 San Diego California Pacific   Homeport
PCU Bougainville  (LHA 8)           Under construction
PCU (LHA 9)           Under construction
             
ARG Amphibious Ready Group (ARG)      
COMPTUEX Composite Training Unit Exercise  
CSG Carrier Strike Group (CSG)   
CQ Carrier Qualifications (CQ)  
PCU Pre-Commissioning Unit  
RCOH Refueling and Complex Overhaul  
SCOA Southern California Operating Areas  
VCOA Virginia Capes Operating Areas        
 
Comment(s):

The US Navy announced that the USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) was written off as it was deamed too expensive to repair the amphibious assault ship after the fire earlier in 2020.