Talk:America-class amphibious assault ship/Archive 1

Well decks
The Wasp (LHA-1) class ships were the 1st U.S. amphibious assault ships to have both a full length flight deck for helicopters, and a well deck for landing craft. The LPH amphibious assault ships (the 7 ships of the Iwo Jima (LPH-2) class, 3 converted Essex class aircraft carriers, and one converted Casablanca class escort aircraft carrier) had only flight decks. Wjwtk (talk) 00:54, 6 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Actually, the Tarawa class preceeded the Wasp class, and were the first with well decks. - BillCJ (talk) 01:30, 6 October 2008 (UTC)

1. You're absolutely right. I got the hull number right but managed to get the name wrong. Thank you. 2. Do you know why the Navy invented the new "hull classification symbol" LHD for the Wasp class ships instead of numbering them as LHA's? In Ships & Aircraft of the U.S. Fleet (18th ed., 2005, page 184) Norman Polmar wrote that they should be LHA's, but did not explain why they are not. 3. With no well deck, the new USS America should be numbered as an LPH. Wjwtk (talk) 22:33, 6 October 2008 (UTC)

Aircraft carrier?
Having no well deck wouldn't this technically make it a (light) aircraft carrier? Because all it does is carry aircraft and not landing craft. They are a bit like the British Invinsible class which is a carrier (carries STOVL aircraft and helicopters). It could also be called a helicopter/STOVL carrier. Without a well deck I don't consider it an amphibious assault ship (air assault ship would fit better). I agree its designation should not be LHA and that LPH would fit better. I think LHD describes the Wasp well since it has a helideck and a dock. Although it is strange it has a diffirent designation then the similar Tarawa class. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.105.181.214 (talk) 12:05, 5 September 2010 (UTC)


 * The claim that this LHA is similar in size to Russia and China's fixed wing carriers which are 65,000 tons full load (compared to 45,000 tons) is incorrect and will be stricken. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.204.134.136 (talk) 18:22, 28 September 2012 (UTC)


 * I think the idea is to have it serve as an Escort Carrier role in addition to the Amphibious Assault Ship role. It could be used as a cheaper alternative to the current Nimitz Class in low to medium intensity conflicts. Think one of these with a few Littoral Combat Ships and a Destroyer or two and you have a very flexible Task Force with the ability to take on 90% of the missions assigned to contemporary Carrier Battle Groups.--98.201.33.16 (talk) 07:00, 5 October 2010 (UTC)


 * The difference between America and that other class of 45 kton aircraft carriers is that America has only a tny fraction of the required engine power. Hcobb (talk) 17:37, 21 January 2011 (UTC)


 * Were aiming for verifiability, not truth. Also, I think some of the ships in the class are currently open ended in their purpose. The Navy will decide later. Marcus  Qwertyus   18:16, 21 January 2011 (UTC)

Vandalism

 * I am going to attempt to revert some vandalism (Specifically the use of the word Flight 0 and Panamatrix like spelling) If this is not a vandalism please revert this. Thank you Magnum Serpentine (talk) 17:09, 13 March 2012 (UTC)


 * Ok learned Panamax is proper usage meaning to make a ship small enough to go through Panama Canal. But Flight 0 does not appear in previous revision by a bot so that is the word I am going to be removing in the revert. Magnum Serpentine (talk) 17:12, 13 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Ok never mind. I missed the word Flight 0 in the bot revision. So I am not going to do a thing. However if you think Flight 0 does not belong please revert. Thanks Magnum Serpentine (talk) 17:15, 13 March 2012 (UTC)

Article title hyphen
Regarding the hyphen in the article name, I see that it was moved here from "America class amphibious assault ship" to "America-class amphibious assault ship". However in looking at other entries in Category:Active amphibious warfare vessels of the United States, none of them have a hypen. I'm searching for a guideline or policy as to which is the correct way. Because articles appear to need renaming either way. &mdash; MrDolomite &bull; Talk 16:26, 6 June 2012 (UTC)
 * All other class articles I've reviewed do not use the hyphen and Template:sclass also assumes no hyphen. I have moved the page back. Eastshire (talk) 13:55, 22 June 2012 (UTC)

Capacity
"Stripped of her rotorcraft, the America could hold up to thirty F-35B short takeoff vertical landing (STOVL) attack aircraft"
 * FYI -  thewolfchild   01:34, 28 September 2013 (UTC)

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LHA-8... no well deck.
According to USNI News, the LHA-8 design will be based on LHA-6 and not have a well deck. The article will need some changes to reflect this. - the WOLF  child  01:25, 17 January 2016 (UTC)

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