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USS Fort Lauderdale (LPD-28)

San Antonio Class Amphibious Transport Dock:
  • Laid down, 13 October 2017, at Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, MS.
  • Launched, 28 March 2020
  • Christened, 21 August 2021
  • Commissioned, USS Fort Laurderdale (LPD-20), 30 July 2022, at Fort Lauderdale, FL.
    Specifications:
    Displacement 25,000 t.(fl)
    Length 684'
    Beam 105'
    Draft 23 ft.
    Speed 22 kts.
    Complement 33 Officers, 411 Enlisted
    Troop Accommodations 66 Officers, 625 Enlisted
    Mission Systems
    Vehicles/Cargo (Net): Three Vehicle Decks (2323 sq m)
    Two Cargo/Ammo Magazines (708 cu m)
    Cargo Fuel, JP-5 (1190 cu m) , MOGAS (38 cu m)
    Two LCACs
    Medical
    Two Operating Rooms
    24 Person Hospital Ward
    100 Casualty Overflow Capacity:
    Aviation Facilities
    Hangar - "O" Level, Maintenance Facilities for; One CH-53E, or Two CH-46s, or One MV-22, or Three UH/AH-1s
    Landing - Two CH-53s, or Four AH/UH-1s, or Four CH-46s, or Two MV-22s, or One AV-8B Harrier:
    Main Propulsion
    4 - Medium Speed Turbocharged Marine Diesels
    2 - Shafts
    2 - Single Reversing Reduction Gears
    2 - Inboard Rotating (top) Fixed Pitch Propellers
    Electric Plant
    5 - 2500 KW Ship Service Marine Diesel Generators
    5 - Main Ship Service 60 Hz SWBS
    3 - Ship Service 400 Hz SWBS
    3 - 60 to 400 Hz solid State Frequency changers
    Zonal 60 Hz Power distribution system
    Advanced Degaussing System
    Auxiliaries
    7 - 700 KW Non-CFC Air conditioning Plants
    5 - 12000 GPD Reverse Osmosis Desalination Plants
    10 - 1000 GPM Navy Standard Firepumps
    2 - HP Air Compressors
    3 - LP Air Compressors
    3 - Deballast Air Compressors
    Navigation
    Digital Flux Gate Magnetic Compass
    AN/WSN-7(V)1 Inertial Navigation System
    AN/WQN-2 Doppler Sonar Velocity Log System
    AN/UQN-4A Sonar Sounding Set, Dead Reckoning System
    Navigation Telex System
    AN/SSN-6 NAVSSI
    Armament
    1 - MK 41, 16 Cell VLS, (Space & Weight)
    2 - MK 31 Mod 0 RAM Launchers
    2 - MK 46 Mod 1 30mm Machine Guns
    2 - MK 26 Mod 17 .50 Cal Machine Guns
    Command & Control
    AN/SPQ-12(V) Radar Display Dist. Distribution System
    MK 2 SSDS
    AN/USQ-119C(V)27 JMCIS
    AN/KSQ-1 Amphibious Assault Direction System
    MK 91, 2 Channel MFCS
    AN/USG-2 CEC
    Radar Systems
    AN/SPS-48E
    AN/SPQ-9B
    AN/SPS-73
    EW & Decoy Systems
    AN/SLQ-25A NIXIE
    AN/SLQ-32Q(V)2
    MK 36 SRBOC
    MK 53 / NULKA
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    Fort Lauderdale
    10092801    		 75k Fort Lauderdale (LPD-28), under construction at Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, MS.  
    Fort Lauderdale
    10092802    		 103k Fort Lauderdale (LPD-28), after launching 28 March 2020, at Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, MS.
    Huntington Ingalls Industries photo    		 Lee Wahler
    Fort Lauderdale
    10092803    		 47k Fort Lauderdale (LPD-28) Christening Ceremony, 21 August 2021, at Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, MS. The ship's sponsor the Hon. Meredith Berger, a former Deputy Chief of Staff for the Department of the Navy breaks the traditional bottle of Champagne across the ship's bow.
    Huntington Ingalls Industries photos    		 Dale Hargrave
    Fort Lauderdale
    10092804    		 177k
    Fort Lauderdale
    10092806    		 211k PCU Fort Lauderdale (LPD-28) moored at Port Everglades, FL., 28 July 2022, preparing for her Saturday, 30 July 2022, commissioning ceremony.
    U.S. Marine Corps photo # 220728-M-DW109-855 by Sgt. Gavin Shelton, USMC    		 Robert Hurst
    Fort Lauderdale
    10092808    		 1039k Fort Lauderdale (LPD-28) moored at Naval Station Norfolk, VA, 5 May 2025. Photo by Caleb Cullberson
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    Commanding Officers
    01CAPT. Quaresimo, James Arthur, USN30 August 2022 - 7 July 2023
    02CAPT. McCarthy, Gill Heinzkil, USN7 July 2023 - 16 April 2025
    03CAPT. Mack, Jiwan Alexander, USN (USNA 2000)16 April 2025 -  
    Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    Navy Fact File; LPD
    You Tube - HII Launches the Future USS Fort Lauderdale (LPD 28) for the U.S. Navy
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