LHA-8

LHA-8 is a planned to be built for the United States Navy. The design is based on USS Makin Island (LHD-8), itself an improved version of the.

LHA-8 will be the first America-class vessel to include a well deck. While Makin Island had a well deck, USS America (LHA-6) and USS Tripoli (LHA-7) were designed and built without a well deck to make space for aircraft and aviation fuel. LHA-8 will also be the first in her class built with a redesigned and stronger main deck; America and Tripoli each required retrofitting in order to handle the strain of daily Marine F-35B Lightning II STOVL operations.

LHA-8 will be built by Huntington Ingalls Industries at its shipyard in Pascagoula, Mississippi.