Monday, March 30, 2020

HII-Pascagoula launches LPD 28

PASCAGOULA, Miss. - The future USS Fort Lauderdale (LPD 28) was launched from Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (HII) Ingalls shipyard here March 28. Fort Lauderdale is the Navy’s 12th San Antonio class amphibious transport dock ship. Ingalls Shipbuilding is also in production on the future USS Richard M. McCool (LPD 29) and Harrisburg (LPD 30). LPD 28 and 29 will serve as transition ships to LPD 30, the first LPD 17 Flight II ship. (Source: Team Ships 03/30/20) https://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=112506