USS Fort Lauderdale
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| History | |
|---|---|
 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 |
| Armament |
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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. |
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.
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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