USS FORT LAUDERDALE LPD 28 |
Keel Laid: October 13, 2017 Christened: August 21, 2021 Commissioned: July 30, 2022 Builder: Huntington Ingalls Industries, Pascagoula, MS. Propulsion system: 4 - Colt-Pielstick 2.5 STC diesel engines Propellers: 2 - Inboard rotating (top) fixed pitch propellers Length, overall: 684 feet (208.5 meters) Beam: 105 feet (31.9 meters) Draft: 23 feet (7.0 meters) Displacement: approx. 24.900 tons full load Speed: ~22 knots Crew: 383 Sailors and 3 Marines; Marine detachment: 650 Well deck capacity: two LCACs or one LCU; 14 Amphibious Assault Vehicles Aviation: Launch or land two CH-53E Super Stallion or two MV-22 Osprey; or up to four AH-1Z or UH-1Y or MH-60 helicopters Armament: - 2 MK 31 Mod 0 RAM (Rolling Airframe Missile) Launchers - 2 MK 46 Mod 1 30mm Gun systems - 10 MK 26 Mod 18 .50 Cal Machine guns Homeport: Norfolk, VA. |