USS Fort Lauderdale

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USS Fort Lauderdale (LPD-28)
Launch of USS Fort Lauderdale (LPD-28) at Ingalls Shipbuilding on 28 March 2020.jpg
USS Fort Lauderdale on 28 March 2020
History
United States
NameFort Lauderdale[2]
NamesakeFort Lauderdale, Florida, U.S.
Awarded19 December 2016[2]
BuilderIngalls Shipbuilding
CostUS$1.793B (FY2016)[5]
Laid down13 October 2017[3]
Launched28 March 2020[1]
Sponsored byMeredith Berger[3]
IdentificationPennant number: LPD-28
MottoTogether We Fight[4]
StatusFitting out
BadgeUSS Fort Lauderdale-LPD 28-Coat of Arms.png
General characteristics
Class and type San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock
Displacement25,000 tons full
Length
  • 208.5 m (684.1 ft) overall
  • 201.4 m (660.8 ft) waterline
Beam
  • 31.9 m (104.7 ft) extreme
  • 29.5 m (96.8 ft) waterline
Draft7.0 m (23.0 ft)
PropulsionFour Colt-Pielstick diesel engines, two shafts, 40,000 hp (29,828 kW)
Speed22 knots (41 km/h)
Boats & landing
craft carried
  • 2 × LCACs (air cushion)
  • or 1 × LCU (conventional)
Capacity699 (66 officers, 633 enlisted); surge to 800 total.
Complement28 officers, 333 enlisted
Armament
  • 2 × 30 mm Bushmaster II cannon, for surface threat defense;
  • 2 × Rolling Airframe Missile launchers for air defense
Aircraft carried4 × CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters or 2 × MV-22 tilt rotor aircraft may be launched or recovered simultaneously.

USS Fort Lauderdale (LPD-28) will be the twelfth 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. Fort Lauderdale is under construction at Pascagoula, Mississippi by Ingalls Shipbuilding.[6]

Design[]

Fort Lauderdale will feature 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.[7]: (Summary)  In 2014, the Navy commenced design of LX(R) based on a modified San Antonio-class design.[7]: 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.[7]: 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.[3] This will make Fort Lauderdale a "transitional ship" between the current San Antonio-class design and future LX(R) vessels.[7]: 9 

Fort Lauderdale will incorporate a high temperature superconductor-based mine protection degaussing system built by American Superconductor to reduce the magnetic signature of the ship.[8]

History[]

On 7 March 2016, a local news outlet reported that the Navy intended to name a littoral combat ship after Fort Lauderdale,[9] but two days later that was determined to be an error as a result of miscommunication with the Navy, and that a new amphibious transport dock would actually bear the name.[10]

The contract to build Fort Lauderdale was awarded to Huntington Ingalls Industries's Ingalls Shipyard on 19 December 2016.[11] Fort Lauderdale's keel was laid down on 13 October 2017, at Ingalls Shipyard in Pascagoula, Mississippi.[3][12] She was launched on 28 March 2020.[1][13]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Ingalls Shipbuilding Launches Amphibious Transport Dock Fort Lauderdale (LPD 28)" (Press release). Huntington Ingalls Industries. 31 March 2020. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Fort Lauderdale (LPD 28)". Naval Vessel Register. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "USS Fort Lauderdale (LPD 28)". The Institute of Heraldry. 22 December 2020. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  5. ^ O'Rourke, Ronald (8 December 2017). "Navy LX(R) Amphibious Ship Program: Background and Issues for Congress" (PDF). Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  6. ^ "Huntington Ingalls Industries Delivers Amphibious Transport Dock Portland (LPD 27) to U.S. Navy" (Press release). Huntington Ingalls. 18 September 2017. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ "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.
  9. ^ "Navy to name combat ship USS Fort Lauderdale". WPLG. 7 March 2016. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
  10. ^ "USS Fort Lauderdale: Same name, different ship". Sun-Sentinel. 9 March 2016.
  11. ^ "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.
  12. ^ "Future USS Fort Lauderdale Keel Authenticated" (Press release). United States Navy. 14 October 2017. NNS171014-02. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
  13. ^ "Future USS Fort Lauderdale Amphibious Transport Dock Ship Launched" (Press release). United States Navy. 30 March 2020. NNS200330-01. Retrieved 30 March 2020.

This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain. The entry can be found here.

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