Summary
USS Fort Lauderdale (LPD-28) is the twelfth Flight I San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship of the United States Navy. The ship is the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
 USS Fort Lauderdale before her commissioning ceremony
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | Fort Lauderdale[4] |
| Namesake | Fort Lauderdale, Florida, U.S. |
| Awarded | 19 December 2016[4] |
| Builder | Ingalls Shipbuilding |
| Cost | US$1.793B (FY2016)[8] |
| Laid down | 13 October 2017[5] |
| Launched | 28 March 2020[1] |
| Sponsored by | Meredith Berger[5] |
| Christened | 21 August 2021[7] |
| Acquired | 11 March 2022[2] |
| Commissioned | 30 July 2022[3] |
| Homeport | Norfolk |
| Identification | Pennant number: LPD-28 |
| Motto | Together We Fight[6] |
| Status | in active service |
| Badge |  |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock |
| Displacement | 25,000 tons full |
| Length |
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| Beam |
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| Draft | 7.0 m (23.0 ft) |
| Propulsion | Four Colt-Pielstick diesel engines, two shafts, 40,000 hp (29,828 kW) |
| Speed | 22 knots (41 km/h) |
| Boats & landing craft carried | |
| Capacity | 699 (66 officers, 633 enlisted); surge to 800 total. |
| Complement | 28 officers, 333 enlisted |
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| Aircraft carried | 4 × CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters or 2 × MV-22 tilt rotor aircraft may be launched or recovered simultaneously. |
Design edit
Fort Lauderdale features design improvements developed in connection with the Navy's development of a next-generation dock landing ship, known as the LX(R)-class amphibious warfare ship. The LX(R) is intended to replace current Whidbey Island-class and Harpers Ferry-class dock landing ships.[9]: (Summary) In 2014, the Navy commenced design of LX(R) based on a modified San Antonio-class design.[9]: 6 Because this design work is in progress, the Navy has created design innovations and cost-reduction strategies around the San Antonio-class design, and the Navy believes that it can apply these innovations and strategies to Fort Lauderdale, allowing her to be built at reduced cost.[9]: 9 The main design features intended to reduce the cost of Fort Lauderdale compared to the San Antonio-class on which she is based are simplified bow works, replacement of the forward and aft composite masts with steel masts, removal of structures from the boat valley, and a stern gate which is open at the top.[5] This will make Fort Lauderdale a "transitional ship" between the current San Antonio-class design and future LX(R) vessels.[9]: 9
Fort Lauderdale incorporates high temperature superconductor-based mine protection degaussing system built by American Superconductor to reduce the magnetic signature of the ship.[10]
History edit
On 9 March 2016, the ship was given the name Fort Lauderdale,[11][12] and the contract to build her was awarded to HII's Ingalls Shipyard on 19 December 2016.[13] Fort Lauderdale's keel was laid down on 13 October 2017, at Ingalls Shipyard in Pascagoula, Mississippi.[5][14] She was launched on 28 March 2020,[1][15] and her acceptance trials were completed on 31 January 2022.[16] The ship was commissioned during a ceremony in her namesake city of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on 30 July 2022.[3] She arrived at her homeport in Norfolk, Virginia on 4 August 2022.[17]
References edit
- ^ a b "Ingalls Shipbuilding Launches Amphibious Transport Dock Fort Lauderdale (LPD 28)" (Press release). Huntington Ingalls Industries. 31 March 2020. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
- ^ "Navy Accepts Delivery of the Future USS Ft. Lauderdale" (Press release). United States Navy. 14 March 2022. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
- ^ a b "USS Fort Lauderdale (LPD 28) Commissions" (Press release). United States Navy. 30 July 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
- ^ a b "Fort Lauderdale (LPD 28)". Naval Vessel Register. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
- ^ a b c d "Huntington Ingalls Industries Authenticates Keel Of Amphibious Transport Ship Fort Lauderdale (LPD 28)" (Press release). Huntington Ingalls Industries. 13 October 2017. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
- ^ "USS Fort Lauderdale (LPD 28)". The Institute of Heraldry. 22 December 2020. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
- ^ "Huntington Ingalls Industries Christens Amphibious Transport Dock Fort Lauderdale (LPD 28)" (Press release). Huntington Ingalls Industries. 21 August 2021. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
- ^ O'Rourke, Ronald (8 December 2017). "Navy LX(R) Amphibious Ship Program: Background and Issues for Congress" (PDF). Retrieved 17 April 2018.
- ^ a b c d O'Rourke, Ronald (27 May 2016). "Navy LX(R) Amphibious Ship Program: Background and Issues for Congress" (PDF). Congressional Research Service. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
- ^ "AMSC Awarded U.S. Navy Contract for Insertion of Ship Protection System on USS Fort Lauderdale, LPD 28". The New York Times. 6 September 2017. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
- ^ "Navy to name combat ship USS Fort Lauderdale". WPLG. 7 March 2016. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
- ^ "USS Fort Lauderdale: Same name, different ship". Sun-Sentinel. 9 March 2016.
- ^ "Ingalls Shipbuilding Awarded $1.46 Billion For Construction of Amphibious Transport Dock Fort Lauderdale" (Press release). Huntington Ingalls Industries. 19 December 2016. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
- ^ "Future USS Fort Lauderdale Keel Authenticated" (Press release). United States Navy. 14 October 2017. NNS171014-02. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
- ^ "Future USS Fort Lauderdale Amphibious Transport Dock Ship Launched" (Press release). United States Navy. 30 March 2020. NNS200330-01. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
- ^ USS Fort Lauderdale (LPD 28) Completes Acceptance Trials, February 2022
- ^ "Newly commissioned USS Fort Lauderdale (LPD-28) arrives at homeport in Norfolk". 4 August 2022. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
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