USS America (LHA-6), is an amphibious assault ship of the United States Navy and the lead ship of the America-class amphibious assault ship. The fourth U.S. warship to be named for the United States of America, she was delivered in spring of 2014, replacing Peleliu of the Tarawa class. Her mission is to act as the flagship of an expeditionary strike group or amphibious ready group, carrying part of a Marine expeditionary unit into battle and putting them ashore with helicopters and V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft, supported by F-35B Lightning II aircraft and helicopter gunships.
USS America with F-35Bs, MV-22 Ospreys, and several helicopters on deck
USS America off Pascagoula on 9 November 2013
USS America at Guantanmo Bay on 21 July 2014
USS America moored in Valparaiso, Chile on 27 August 2014
JS Ise (DDH-182) is a Hyūga-class helicopter destroyer of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF). It is the second ship to be named Ise, the first being the Imperial Japanese Navy World War II-era battleship Ise.
JS Ise
JS Ise at Kure Naval Base on 29 October 2011.
JS Ise in Kure on 20 August 2014.
JS Ise alongside JS Kirishima on 28 September 2014.