The Navy will commission the San Diego-based amphibious assault ship, USS America, in San Francisco at Pier 30-32 on Saturday morning.
Home Post will live stream the commissioning ceremony starting at 10 a.m. PDT.
Navy Secretary Ray Mabus, who will deliver the ceremony’s keynote address, has said of the USS America:
“This ship, forged in America, with components and systems manufactured all across America, shall remind us of the long and historic links between our communities and our Navy and Marine Corps.
“Having a ship named America, sailing the world’s oceans, always present in defense of our freedoms and ready to respond is yet another extension of our American spirit.”
Because the 844-foot-long amphibious assault ship was too large to fit through the Panama Canal, it circumnavigated South America on a “America Visits the Americas” goodwill tour.
The USS America arrived in San Diego on Sept. 15.
