| LPD-28 | |
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 LPD-28's sister ships USS San Antonio and USS New York. | |
| Career |  |
| Builder: | Ingalls Shipbuilding |
| Status: | Ordered |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & 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. |
LPD-28 will be the 12th San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship of the United States Navy. LPD-28 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 USS Whidbey Island (LSD-41) and USS Harpers Ferry (LSD-49) class landing dock ships.[1]:(Summary) In 2014, the Navy commenced design of LX(R) based on a modified San Antonio-class design.[1]: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.[1]:9 This will make LPD-28 a "transitional ship" between the current San Antonio-class design and future LX(R) vessels.[1]:9
In March 2016, the city of Fort Lauderdale, Florida said that the Navy would be naming LPD-28 in honor of the city.[2] However, the Navy has not announced a name for LPD-28, and as of May 2016[update] the Navy continues to refer to LPD-28 by hull number only.[3]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 O'Rourke, Ronald (27 May 2016). "Navy LX(R) Amphibious Ship Program: Background and Issues for Congress" (PDF). Congressional Research Service. https://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/weapons/R43543.pdf. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
- ↑ "USS Fort Lauderdale: Same name, different ship". Sun-Sentinel. 9 March 2016. http://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/broward/fort-lauderdale/fl-uss-fort-lauderdale-different-ship-20160309-story.html.
- ↑ "Navy Accepts Delivery of Future USS John P. Murtha (LPD 26)". Navy News Service. 16 May 2016. NNS160516-05. http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=94716. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
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