USS Fort Lauderdale (LPD-28)

History
Name:	USS Fort Lauderdale
Namesake:	Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Builder:	Ingalls Shipbuilding
Status:	Ordered
General characteristics
Class & 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.

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.