Editing Tarawa-class amphibious assault ship (section)

==Decommissioning and replacement==
{{Main|America-class amphibious assault ship}}
The ''Tarawa''s began leaving service in 2005. By April 2011, four of the five amphibious assault ships had been decommissioned, leaving only ''Peleliu'' in active service.<ref name=USNFacts>{{cite web|title=United States Navy Fact File - AMPHIBIOUS ASSAULT SHIPS - LHA/LHD/LHA(R)|url=http://www.navy.mil/navydata/fact_display.asp?cid=4200&tid=400&ct=4%20target=_blank|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120928194444/http://www.navy.mil/navydata/fact_display.asp?cid=4200&tid=400&ct=4%20target=_blank|url-status=dead|archive-date=28 September 2012|access-date=23 May 2014}}</ref> ''Peleliu'' was decommissioned on 31 March 2015 in San Diego.<ref>{{cite news|title=US Navy decommissions USS Peleliu|url=http://www.naval-technology.com/news/newsus-navy-decommissions-uss-peleliu-4545317|publisher=naval-technology.com|date=2 April 2015|access-date=25 June 2015|archive-date=10 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150410042944/http://www.naval-technology.com/news/newsus-navy-decommissions-uss-peleliu-4545317|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The ''Tarawa'' class is to be replaced by the {{sclass|America|amphibious assault ship|4}}.<ref name=Wertheim921>Wertheim (ed.), ''The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World'', p. 921</ref> The first ''America''-class vessel was delivered and commissioned in 2014.