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| Tango01 | 08 Sep 2014 10:06 p.m. PST |
"About 1,500 Marines and sailors have been busily testing the capabilities of the Navy's newest amphibious assault ship during a two-month transit in a region that rarely sees a warship of this size. Marines and sailors have been engaging important U.S. allies in this part of the world since leaving the Mississippi shipyard in July. Because the two aircraft elevators used to lift planes and helicopters from the hangars to the deck don't fold, the America is too wide to sail through the Panama Canal. So they sailed around the entire South American continent toward the ship's home port in California, stopping in Colombia, Brazil, Chile and Peru along the way. Chief Warrant Officer 4 Shane Duhe, the ship's Marine cargo combat officer, oversaw the logistics operations aboard the America. The port stops were busy for Marines and sailors, he said, which is unusual for a ship making a transit from the shipyard…"
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