USS Fort Lauderdale before her commissioning ceremony
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
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
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
2 × LCACs (air cushion)
or 1 × LCU (conventional)
Capacity
699 (66 officers, 633 enlisted); surge to 800 total.
Complement
28 officers, 333 enlisted
Armament
2 × 30 mm Bushmaster II cannon, for surface threat defense;
2 × Rolling Airframe Missile launchers for air defense
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.
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^"Navy Accepts Delivery of the Future USS Ft. Lauderdale" (Press release). United States Navy. 14 March 2022. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
^"USS Fort Lauderdale (LPD 28) Commissions" (Press release). United States Navy. 30 July 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
^ ab"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.
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