Name Fort Lauderdale Status Ordered Builder Ingalls Shipbuilding | Awarded 19 December 2016 Displacement 25,000 tons full | |
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Class and type San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock Length 208.5 m (684 ft) overall,
201.4 m (661 ft) waterline | ||
USS Fort Lauderdale (LPD-28) will be the 12th San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship of the United States Navy.
Fort Lauderdale 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 Whidbey Island-class and Harpers Ferry-class landing dock ships. In 2014, the Navy commenced design of LX(R) based on a modified San Antonio-class design. 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 Fort Lauderdale, allowing it to be built at reduced cost. This will make Fort Lauderdale a "transitional ship" between the current San Antonio-class design and future LX(R) vessels.
In March 2016, the city of Fort Lauderdale, Florida said that the Navy would be naming LPD-28 in honor of the city.