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US Navy 7th Fleet
![US Navy to Deploy 6 Littoral Combat Ships by Year End US Navy to Deploy 6 Littoral Combat Ships by Year End](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2021-06-30.jpg)
US Navy to Deploy 6 Littoral Combat Ships by Year End
By Steven Stashwick
The deployment will be a record for the long-troubled ship class.
![US Navy’s Newest F-35B-Carrying Amphibious Assault Ship Is Heading to Japan US Navy’s Newest F-35B-Carrying Amphibious Assault Ship Is Heading to Japan](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-12-01_16-56-38.jpg)
US Navy’s Newest F-35B-Carrying Amphibious Assault Ship Is Heading to Japan
By Franz-Stefan Gady
The USS America recently arrived at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii en route to its new homeport of Sasebo in Japan.
![F-35B Stealth Fighters Drop Smart Bombs Over Philippine and East China Seas in Drill F-35B Stealth Fighters Drop Smart Bombs Over Philippine and East China Seas in Drill](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-190203-m-xx000-075.jpg)
F-35B Stealth Fighters Drop Smart Bombs Over Philippine and East China Seas in Drill
By Franz-Stefan Gady
In a first, U.S. F-35Bs dropped guided bombs on practice targets during a military exercise at sea in Asia this week.
![US Navy’s Newest F-35B-Carrying Amphibious Assault Ship to Deploy to Japan US Navy’s Newest F-35B-Carrying Amphibious Assault Ship to Deploy to Japan](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2017-04-06_16-26-26.jpg)
US Navy’s Newest F-35B-Carrying Amphibious Assault Ship to Deploy to Japan
By Franz-Stefan Gady
The USSAmerica will be replacing the USS Wasp as the U.S. Navy’s largest forward-deployed amphibious assault ship in the region.
![F-35B Stealth Fighter Deploys For 1st Time Aboard U.S. Navy Ship in Indo-Pacific F-35B Stealth Fighter Deploys For 1st Time Aboard U.S. Navy Ship in Indo-Pacific](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-180305-n-vk310-0070.jpg)
F-35B Stealth Fighter Deploys For 1st Time Aboard U.S. Navy Ship in Indo-Pacific
By Franz-Stefan Gady
A detachment of F-35Bs arrived aboard a U.S. Navy amphibious assault ship cruising in the Indo-Pacific region this week.
![US Warship Capable of Operating F-35B Arrives in Japan US Warship Capable of Operating F-35B Arrives in Japan](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-130814-o-zz999-038-1024x682.jpg)
US Warship Capable of Operating F-35B Arrives in Japan
By Franz-Stefan Gady
The amphibious assault ship is replacing another forward deployed U.S. Navy flattop of the same class in the region.
![US, ROK Navies Hold Military Drill off Korean Peninsula US, ROK Navies Hold Military Drill off Korean Peninsula](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat.com-34609169430_5bf6f7bb3e_o.jpg)
US, ROK Navies Hold Military Drill off Korean Peninsula
By Franz-Stefan Gady
The naval exercise involves a U.S. carrier strike group and some of South Korea’s most advanced surface warships.
![Firings, Reforms Follow US Navy Mishaps in Pacific Fleet Firings, Reforms Follow US Navy Mishaps in Pacific Fleet](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat.com-170821-n-wj640-020.jpg)
Firings, Reforms Follow US Navy Mishaps in Pacific Fleet
By Steven Stashwick
New policies and new commanders while collision investigations continue.
![Is the US Seventh Fleet Unprepared to Operate at Sea? Is the US Seventh Fleet Unprepared to Operate at Sea?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat.com-ftz1.jpg)
Is the US Seventh Fleet Unprepared to Operate at Sea?
By Steven Stashwick
Japan-based ships lack same training and readiness standards as U.S.-based.
![US and Japan to Hold Amphibious Assault Drills in Northwestern Pacific US and Japan to Hold Amphibious Assault Drills in Northwestern Pacific](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-11-01_16-01-09.jpg)
US and Japan to Hold Amphibious Assault Drills in Northwestern Pacific
By Franz-Stefan Gady
A joint U.S.-Japan military exercise will be held off Guam and Tinian in early November.
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