USS Fort Lauderdale (LPD-28)

History
Name:	USS Fort Lauderdale
Namesake:	Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Builder:	Ingalls Shipbuilding
Status:	Ordered
General characteristics
Class and type:	San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock
Displacement:	25,000 tons full
Length:	208.5 m (684 ft) overall, 201.4 m (661 ft) waterline
Beam:	31.9 m (105 ft) extreme,   29.5 m (97 ft) waterline
Draft:	7 m (23 ft)
Propulsion:	Four Colt-Pielstick diesel engines, two shafts, 40,000 hp (30 MW)
Speed:	22 knots (41 km/h)
Boats & landing craft carried:	Two LCACs (air cushion) or one LCU (conventional)
Capacity:	699 (66 officers, 633 enlisted); surge to 800 total.
Complement:	28 officers, 333 enlisted
Armament:	Two 30 mm Bushmaster II cannons, for surface threat defense; two Rolling Airframe Missile launchers for air defense
Aircraft carried:	Four CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters or two MV-22 tilt rotor aircraft may be launched or recovered simultaneously.

PCU Fort Lauderdale (LPD-28), is the 12th San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship of the United States Navy, named in honor of the city of Fort Lauderdale, Florida.^[1]

References

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.

1. "U.S. Navy To Name An Amphibious Transport Dock Ship The USS Fort Lauderdale" Fort Lauderdale Daily, 9 March 2016