On
April 6, 2013, Ingalls Shipbuilding and Huntington Ingalls Industries
celebrated the commissioning of the amphibious transport dock Arlington
(LPD 24) in Norfolk, Va. Arlington is the eighth ship in the LPD 17
class and the third ship named for Arlington County, Va., home of the
Pentagon. Arlington is one of three Ingalls-built ships that honors
the heroes of 9-11, along with USS New York (LPD 21) and Somerset (LPD
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The ship
is named for the county of Arlington, Va. and honors the first responders
and the 184 victims who died when American Airlines Flight 77 crashed
into the Pentagon Sept. 11, 2001.
"LPD 24 bears a name of great significance to our Navy and Marine
Corps team," wrote the ceremony's keynote speaker, Commandant of
the Marine Corps Gen. James Amos, in his congratulatory letter to the
ship.
"LPD 24 will forever represent the courage, devotion and teamwork
that characterized our military and first responders on that modern
day of infamy."
Arlington is the eighth in the Navy's San Antonio class of ships, designed
to be the most survivable amphibious vessels ever put to sea. The ship
combines 21st century amphibious shipbuilding and warfighting technologies
to support current and future Marine Corps aircraft and landing craft,
capable of transporting nearly 1,200 Sailors and Marines into harm's
way.
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