USS Arlington (LPD-24)
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| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | Arlington |
| Namesake: | Arlington County, Virginia |
| 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: | early-2013 (scheduled) |
| Status: | Under construction |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock |
| Displacement: | 25,000 short tons (23,000 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 Colt-Pielstick diesel engines, two shafts, 40,000 hp (30 MW) |
| Speed: | 22 knots (41 km/h) |
| Boats and landing craft carried: |
Two LCACs or one LCU |
| Capacity: | 699 (66 officers, 633 enlisted); surge to 800 total. |
| Complement: | 32 officers, 364 enlisted[1] |
| Armament: | Two 30 mm Mk44 Bushmaster II cannons, for surface threat defense; two RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile launchers for air defense |
| Aircraft carried: | Four CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters or two MV-22 tiltrotor aircraft may be launched or recovered simultaneously. |
PCU Arlington (LPD-24), a San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock, is planned to be the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for Arlington, Virginia, the location of the Pentagon. Like her sister ships, USS New York and Somerset, she is named in commemoration of the September 11, 2001 attacks.[2] Steel taken from the Pentagon after the September 11 attacks will be displayed aboard.[4]
Arlington's keel was laid down on 26 May 2008, at Northrop Grumman's Ingalls shipyard in Pascagoula, Mississippi. She was launched on November 23, 2010, with her christening on March 26, 2011.[2][5] Mrs. Joyce Rumsfeld, wife of former United States Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, is the ship's sponsor.[6]
[edit] References
This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain.
- ^ a b c d e f "Arlington". Naval Vessel Register. Naval Sea Systems Command Shipbuilding Support Office (NAVSHIPSO). 19 October 2010. http://www.nvr.navy.mil/nvrships/details/LPD24.htm. Retrieved 5 December 2010.
- ^ a b c "Future USS Arlington Launched". Navy News Service. United States Navy. 24 November 2010. http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=57386. Retrieved 28 November 2010.
- ^ 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. Retrieved 22 February 2011.
- ^ "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. Retrieved 26 November 2010.
- ^ "Amphibious ship Arlington to be christened". Associated Press. Navy Times. 21 March 2011. http://www.navytimes.com/news/2011/03/ap-amphibious-ship-arlington-to-be-christened-032111/. Retrieved 22 March 2011.
- ^ "LPD 24 Arlington". Naval Sea Systems Command. United States Navy. 28 October 2009. https://www.pms317.navy.mil/ships/lpd24.asp. Retrieved 12 November 2009.[dead link]
[edit] External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: USS Arlington (LPD-24) |
- Priolo, Gary P. (20 February 2009). "USS Arlington (LPD-24)". Amphibious Photo Archive. NavSource Online. http://www.navsource.org/archives/10/09/0924.htm. Retrieved 28 November 2010.
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