amphibious

This force includes the USS Gerald R Ford aircraft carrier, as well as a range of guided missile destroyers and amphibious assault ships capable of landing thousands of troops.

The Ford strike group will add to the U.S. forces that have already been amassed in the Caribbean region, including an amphibious ready group and F-35Bs and MQ-9s in Puerto Rico.

Navy also operates nine amphibious assault ships that can deploy aircraft.

Since August, the Pentagon has surged forces, destroyers and amphibious ships into the U.S.

The Navy has 287 ships in its current inventory, mostly destroyers, cruisers, aircraft carriers, amphibious ships and submarines.