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Navy/USMC

New Ships Commissioned and Launched

Friday, April 20th, 2018

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New Ships Commissioned and Launched

The future USS Portland (LPD-27), sails in the Gulf of Mexico during acceptance sea trials. (Photo: Huntington Ingalls Industries)

The Navy plans to commission the latest San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock, the future USS Portland (LPD-27), on Saturday at its namesake city in Portland, Ore., while shipmakers launched and christened the latest Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) in Wisconsin last week.Deputy Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan is set to deliver the Portland ceremony’s principal address. LPD-27 will be the second ship named after Portland, Ore. and the third named Portland.It is the 11th San Antonio-class ship and is designed to…

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