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USS Tripoli Moving to Japan to Serve as Forward-deployed Big Deck

The newest America-class amphibious assault ship will head to its new home in Japan later this year, USNI News has learned. USS Tripoli (LHA-7) will switch homeports from Naval Base San Diego to ...
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USS Tripoli Enroute to New Japanese Homeport

USS Tripoli (LHA-7) is quietly making its way to Sasebo, Japan, the Navy announced Tuesday. The America-class amphibious class assault ship departed Naval Base San Diego on May 19, according to a ...
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The USS Tripoli, the Navy's newest F-35 'lightning carrier,' is headed to the Indo-Pacific, bolstering US air power near China

The US Navy forward-deployed the USS Tripoli to the Indo-Pacific to counter China. It replaces the USS America as the Navy's amphibious assault ship based in Japan. The Tripoli played a central role ...