USS Fort Lauderdale (LPD-28)
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| Name: | Fort Lauderdale[1] |
| Builder: | Ingalls Shipbuilding |
| Status: | Ordered |
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| Class and type: | San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock |
| Displacement: | 25,000 tons full |
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| Draft: | 7 m (23 ft) |
| Propulsion: | Four Colt-Pielstick diesel engines, two shafts, 40,000 hp (30 MW) |
| 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: | Four CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters or two MV-22 tilt rotor aircraft may be launched or recovered simultaneously. |
USS Fort Lauderdale (LPD-28) will be the 12th San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship of the United States Navy.
Fort Lauderdale will feature design improvements developed in connection with the Navy's development of a next-generation landing dock ship, known as LX(R). The LX(R) is intended to replace current Whidbey Island-class and Harpers Ferry-class landing dock ships.[2]:(Summary) In 2014, the Navy commenced design of LX(R) based on a modified San Antonio-class design.[2]: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 LPD-28, allowing it to be built at reduced cost.[2]:9 This will make LPD-28 a "transitional ship" between the current San Antonio-class design and future LX(R) vessels.[2]:9
In March 2016, the city of Fort Lauderdale, Florida said that the Navy would be naming LPD-28 in honor of the city.[3]
References
- ↑ "U.S. NAVY SHIP CLASS INFORMATION FOR USCG CREDENTIALING" (PDF). United States Navy. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 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.
- ↑ "USS Fort Lauderdale: Same name, different ship". Sun-Sentinel. 9 March 2016.
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.