USS Fort Lauderdale

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USS Fort Lauderdale (LPD-28)
USS Fort Lauderdale (LPD-28) currently moored at Port Everglades, Fort Lauderdale before her commissioning ceremony.jpg
USS Fort Lauderdale before her commissioning ceremony
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Flag of the United States.svgUnited States
NameFort Lauderdale [1]
Namesake Fort Lauderdale, Florida, U.S.
Awarded19 December 2016 [1]
Builder Ingalls Shipbuilding
CostUS$1.793B (FY2016) [2]
Laid down13 October 2017 [3]
Launched28 March 2020 [4]
Sponsored by Meredith Berger [3]
Christened21 August 2021 [5]
Acquired11 March 2022 [6]
Commissioned30 July 2022 [7]
Homeport Norfolk
Identification Pennant number: LPD-28
MottoTogether We Fight [8]
Statusin active service
Badge USS 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
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.

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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]

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References

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  2. ↑ O'Rourke, Ronald (8 December 2017). "Navy LX(R) Amphibious Ship Program: Background and Issues for Congress" (PDF). Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "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. 1 2 "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. 1 2 "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. 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.
  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.
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  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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