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LPD-28 Transporting Newest SSCs To Homeport

LPD-28 Transporting Newest SSCs To Homeport
The Navy’s newest amphibious transport dock ship, the future USS Fort Lauderdale (LPD-28), loads the Navy’s newest ship-to-shore connectors, Landing Craft, Air Cushions (LCAC) 103 and 104 to their new homeport during a lift of opportunity (LOO) on July 16, 2022. (Photo: U.S. Navy)

The Navy’s latest amphibious transport dock, the future USS Fort Lauderdale (LPD-28), is transporting the new Ship to Shore Connector (SSC) Landing Craft Air Cushions (LCACs) -103 and -104 to their homeport at Norfolk, Va., following the ship commissioning. LPD-28 is the Navy’s latest amphibious warship and it left the builder’s shipyard, HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding [HII] at Pascagoula, Miss., on July 11 to sail to its namesake commissioning site in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. The Navy plans to commission it there…

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