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USS Arlington (LPD-24)

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USS Arlington (LPD-24)

USS Arlington in August 2013
Career (United States)
Name: Arlington
Namesake: Arlington County
Awarded: 6 November 2006[1]
Builder: Ingalls Shipbuilding
Laid down: 26 May 2008[1]
Launched: 23 November 2010[2]
Sponsored by: Mrs. Joyce Rumsfeld
Christened: 26 March 2011[3]
Commissioned: 8 February 2013
Homeport: Norfolk
Identification:
Status: In active service, as of 2015
Badge:
General characteristics
Class & type: San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock
Displacement: 24,900 short tons (22,600 t) full
Length:
  • 684 ft (208 m) overall,
  • 661 ft (201 m) waterline[1]
Beam:
  • 105 ft (32 m) extreme,
  • 97 ft (30 m) waterline[1]
    • Draft: 23 ft (7.0 m)[1]
    Propulsion: Four sequentially turbocharged 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; 14 Expeditionary Force vehicles
    Complement: 32 officers, 332 enlisted[1]
    Armament:
    Aircraft carried: Four CH-53E Super Stallion heavy lift helicopters may be launched or recovered simultaneously.

    USS Arlington (LPD-24), a San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock, is the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for Arlington County, Virginia, the location of the Pentagon and the crash site of American Airlines Flight 77 during the terrorist attacks on 11 September 2001. Like her sister ships, USS New York and Somerset, she is named in commemoration of the attacks.[4] Steel taken from the Pentagon after the attacks is displayed aboard in the ship's museum.[5]

    Construction[]

    Arlington's keel was laid down on 26 May 2008, at Northrop Grumman's Ingalls shipyard in Pascagoula, Mississippi. Builder's Trials of the ship started on 21 August 2012. These were completed on 30 August 2012.[6] She completed Navy acceptance sea trials on 2 November 2012.[7] The US Navy formally accepted the ship on 7 December 2012.[citation needed] Arlington arrived at her homeport of Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia on 22 March 2013 in preparation for commissioning.[8] Officially, she was commissioned on 8 February 2013, but her ceremonial commissioning occurred on 6 April 2013 at Naval Station Norfolk.[9] Originally scheduled as the third ship of the San Antonio class, she was the eighth to be commissioned. Mrs. Joyce Rumsfeld, wife of former United States Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, is the ship's sponsor.[10]

    Operational history[]

    Aft view of USS Arlington (LPD-24) with Orion capsule 2013

    The Orion spacecraft in Arlington's well deck.

    In August 2013, Arlington conducted trials with NASA's Orion spacecraft.[11]

    In October 2015, Arlington embarked upon her maiden deployment to the 5th and 6th Fleet Areas of Responsibility as part of the USS Kearsarge (LHD-3) Amphibious Ready Group, along with the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit. During the deployment, Arlington transited 36,740 nautical miles and conducted port visits in Lisbon, Portugal, Souda Bay, Greece, Eilate, Israel, Aqaba, Jordan, Bahrain, Kuwait, Abu Dhabi, U.A.E. and Marseille, France.[4]

    Arlington provided assistance to a disabled vessel while transiting the Gulf of Aden 23rd December, 2015.[12] Embarked personnel included the Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 26, Fox Company and Echo Battery, Battalion Landing Team 2/6, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (26th MEU).[13] In March 2016 Battery E, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 26th MEU disembarked Arlington to provide counter battery support during Operation Inherent Resolve.[14][15][16]

    In May 2019 she was deployed to the Persian Gulf due to reported concerns about Iranian activities.[17] In April 2022 Arlington was deployed to Icelandic waters to take part in the NATO exercise Northern Viking 2022.[18]

    References[]

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "USS Arlington (LPD 24)". Naval Vessel Register. Naval Sea Systems Command Shipbuilding Support Office (NAVSHIPSO). http://www.nvr.navy.mil/NVRSHIPS/DETAILS/LPD24.HTM. 
    2. ↑ "Future USS Arlington Launched". Navy News Service. United States Navy. 24 November 2010. http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=57386. 
    3. ↑ McCaffrey, Scott (12 December 2010). "Christening of Future USS Arlington Set for Late March". Sun Gazette. Suburban Washington Newspapers Inc.. http://www.sungazette.net/articles/2010/12/12/arlington/news/nw87p.txt. 
    4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Tate, Stevie (2016-05-10). "Arlington Completes Maiden Deployment" (in en-US). https://www.militarynews.com/norfolk-navy-flagship/news/arlington-completes-maiden-deployment/article_88ab70c0-8f06-5609-8f75-79d3e019a22f.html. 
    5. ↑ "Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) The Honorable Dr. Donald C. Winter speaks with Arlington County Board Chairman Walter Tejada during a ceremonial presentation of Pentagon steel.". Navy News Service. United States Navy. 11 September 2008. http://www.navy.mil/view_single.asp?id=63875. 
    6. ↑ "LPD 24 Completes Successful Builder's Sea Trials". 30 August 2012. http://www.navsea.navy.mil/NewsView.aspx?nw%3DNewsWires%26id%3D125. 
    7. ↑ Naval Sea Systems Command Public Affairs (5 November 2012). "Future USS Arlington Completes Acceptance Trials". United States Navy. http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=70495. 
    8. ↑ U.S. Navy photo 130322-N-WA189-070
    9. ↑ Brown, Eric (6 April 2013). "In Emotional Ceremony, USS Arlington Joins the Fleet". United States Navy. http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=73211/. 
    10. ↑ "LPD 24 Arlington". Naval Sea Systems Command. United States Navy. 28 October 2009. https://www.pms317.navy.mil/ships/lpd24.asp. 
    11. ↑ "USS Arlington Hosts NASA Space Craft Recovery Tests". United States Navy. 17 August 2018. NNS130817-09. https://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=76002. 
    12. ↑ Tate, Steview (2016-01-07). "Arlington Provides Assistance to Disabled Vessel". https://www.militarynews.com/norfolk-navy-flagship/news/bravo_zulu/arlington-provides-assistance-to-disabled-vessel/article_364fa509-c8af-53d4-976d-59184f9e75a9.html. 
    13. ↑ "USS Arlington (LPD-24) Sailors and Embarked 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit". 26 December 2023. https://www.cusnc.navy.mil/Media/Photos/igphoto/2001336320/. 
    14. ↑ "USS Arlington (LPD-24) Sailors and embarked 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit". 26 December 2023. https://www.cusnc.navy.mil/Media/Photos/igphoto/2001336320/. 
    15. ↑ Church, Chris (26 December 2023). "Marine killed in rocket attack identified". https://www.stripes.com/news/marine-killed-in-rocket-attack-identified-detachment-sent-to-iraq-1.400221. 
    16. ↑ "USS Arlington (LPD-24) History". 26 December 2023. http://www.uscarriers.net/lpd24history.htm. 
    17. ↑ "US sends Patriot missile system to Middle East amid Iran tensions". BBC News. 11 May 2019. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-48235940. 
    18. ↑ "Áhafnir Þór og Arlinton æfðu saman". https://www.lhg.is/frettir-og-fjolmidlar/frettasafn/frettayfirlit/ahafnir-thor-og-arlinton-aefdu-saman. 
    • This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain. The entry can be found here.

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