USS Fort Lauderdale

USS Fort Lauderdale (LPD-28)
USS Fort Lauderdale before her commissioning ceremony
History
United States
NameFort Lauderdale[1]
NamesakeFort Lauderdale, Florida, U.S.
Awarded19 December 2016[1]
BuilderIngalls Shipbuilding
CostUS$1.793B (FY2016)[2]
Laid down13 October 2017[3]
Launched28 March 2020[4]
Sponsored byMeredith Berger[3]
Christened21 August 2021[5]
Acquired11 March 2022[6]
Commissioned30 July 2022[7]
HomeportNorfolk
IdentificationPennant number: LPD-28
MottoTogether We Fight[8]
Statusin active service
Badge
General characteristics
Class and typeSan 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
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) 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

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.[3] 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

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.[3][14] She was launched on 28 March 2020,[4][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.[7] She arrived at her homeport in Norfolk, Virginia on 4 August 2022.[17]

In June 2024, Fort Lauderdale was part of Maryland Fleet Week at Baltimore Inner Harbor.[18]

References

  1. ^ a b "Fort Lauderdale (LPD 28)". Naval Vessel Register. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
  2. ^ O'Rourke, Ronald (8 December 2017). "Navy LX(R) Amphibious Ship Program: Background and Issues for Congress" (PDF). Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  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. ^ a b "Ingalls Shipbuilding Launches Amphibious Transport Dock Fort Lauderdale (LPD 28)" (Press release). Huntington Ingalls Industries. 31 March 2020. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  5. ^ "Huntington Ingalls Industries Christens Amphibious Transport Dock Fort Lauderdale (LPD 28)" (Press release). Huntington Ingalls Industries. 21 August 2021. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
  6. ^ "Navy Accepts Delivery of the Future USS Ft. Lauderdale" (Press release). United States Navy. 14 March 2022. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
  7. ^ a b "USS Fort Lauderdale (LPD 28) Commissions" (Press release). United States Navy. 30 July 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
  8. ^ "USS Fort Lauderdale (LPD 28)". The Institute of Heraldry. 22 December 2020. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ "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.
  11. ^ "Navy to name combat ship USS Fort Lauderdale". WPLG. 7 March 2016. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
  12. ^ "USS Fort Lauderdale: Same name, different ship". Sun-Sentinel. 9 March 2016.
  13. ^ "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.
  14. ^ "Future USS Fort Lauderdale Keel Authenticated" (Press release). United States Navy. 14 October 2017. NNS171014-02. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
  15. ^ "Future USS Fort Lauderdale Amphibious Transport Dock Ship Launched" (Press release). United States Navy. 30 March 2020. NNS200330-01. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
  16. ^ USS Fort Lauderdale (LPD 28) Completes Acceptance Trials, February 2022
  17. ^ "Newly commissioned USS Fort Lauderdale (LPD-28) arrives at homeport in Norfolk". 4 August 2022. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
  18. ^ Shindel, Jake (15 June 2024). "Fleet Week in Baltimore: Schedule, what you need to know". WBAL. Retrieved 15 June 2024.

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