Photo Release — Ingalls Shipbuilding Successfully Completes Builder’s Trials for Amphibious Transport Dock Fort Lauderdale (LPD 28)
November 02 2021 - 1:45PM
Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) announced today that its
Ingalls Shipbuilding division recently completed the first round of
sea trials for San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock Fort
Lauderdale (LPD 28).
“Shipbuilding is about teamwork. Our shipbuilders work as a team
with our Navy partners to make these ships ready to join the
fleet,” said Steve Sloan, Ingalls’ LPD program manager. “The
success we achieved this week will propel us into a strong finish
as we prepare for acceptance trials later this year. We are proud
of the work our shipbuilders have accomplished so far and look
forward to finishing strong.”
LPD 28 is named Fort Lauderdale to honor the Florida
city’s historic ties to the U.S. Navy, which date back to the 1830s
and include an important naval training center during World War
II.
Ingalls has delivered 11 San Antonio-class ships to the
Navy and has three more under construction including Fort
Lauderdale (LPD 28), Richard M. McCool Jr. (LPD 29),
and Harrisburg (LPD 30). Ingalls was awarded a $1.5
billion contract for the construction of LPD 31 in 2020.
Photos accompanying this release are available at:
https://newsroom.huntingtoningalls.com/releases/lpd-28-fort-lauderdale-builders-trials.
The San Antonio-class is the latest addition to the Navy’s
21st-century amphibious assault force. The 684-foot-long,
105-foot-wide ships are used to embark and land Marines, their
equipment and supplies ashore via air cushion or conventional
landing craft and amphibious assault vehicles, augmented by
helicopters or vertical takeoff and landing aircraft such as the
MV-22 Osprey. The ships support a Marine Air Ground Task Force
across the spectrum of operations, conducting amphibious and
expeditionary missions of sea control and power projection to
humanitarian assistance and disaster relief missions throughout the
first half of the 21st century.
Huntington Ingalls Industries is America’s largest military
shipbuilding company and a provider of professional services to
partners in government and industry. For more than a century, HII’s
Newport News and Ingalls shipbuilding divisions in Virginia and
Mississippi have built more ships in more ship classes than any
other U.S. naval shipbuilder. HII’s Technical Solutions division
provides mission-critical national security solutions to government
and commercial customers worldwide. Headquartered in Newport News,
Virginia, HII employs over 44,000 people operating both
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