The largest US military shipbuilding company Huntington Ingalls said that the Fort Lauderdale amphibious transport dock (LPD 28) has successfully completed the acceptance test process.
The San Antonio-class ship, built at HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division, spent several days with the US Navy’s Survey and Survey Division. As noted by the company, Ingalls shipbuilders will now complete final finishing work on the ship in preparation for delivery this quarter.
“Fort Lauderdale is a great example of what our collective is accomplishing together,” said Kari Wilkinson, president of Ingalls Shipbuilding. “The LPD 28 demonstrates what collaboration the Navy and industry can do to evolve ship designs to new requirements while maintaining a talented team that is proving efficient and predictable in the make commitments. I couldn’t be more proud of their success.”
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Key demonstrations by Ingalls’ test and trial team include: anchor handling, ballast/de-ballast, detection to engage and ship at full power and steering.
“The entire shipbuilding team has to work hard to make these sea trials a success,” said Mike Pruitt, LPD ship program manager at Ingalls Shipbuilding. “Fort Lauderdale is an expression of HII’s A commitment to quality and meeting our high standards for every vessel we build.”
Ingalls has delivered 11 San Antonio-class ships to the United States Navy and has three under construction: Fort Lauderdale (LPD 28), Richard M. McCool Jr. (LPD 29) and Harrisburg (LPD 30). In addition, construction of the 15th San Antonio-class ship, Pittsburgh (LPD 31), will begin in the spring.
LPD 28 is named Fort Lauderdale to honor the Florida city’s historic relationship with the United States Navy, which dates back to the 1830s and includes an important naval training center during World War II.
The San Antonio class is a major part of the Navy’s 21st century amphibious assault force. The 684-foot-long, 105-foot-wide vessels are used to board and land Marines, their equipment and supplies ashore via hovercraft or conventional landing craft and amphibious assault vehicles. , augmented by helicopters or vertical take-off and landing aircraft such as the MV-22 Osprey. The ships support the Ground Task Force at sea across a wide range of operations, performing amphibious and marine expeditionary and control missions, and projecting power for humanitarian assistance and disaster relief missions. throughout the first half of the 21st century.
