USS Arlington (LPD-24)

USS Arlington (LPD-24)

USS Arlington in August 2013
History
United States
Name	Arlington
Namesake	Arlington County
Awarded	6 November 2006[1]
Builder	Ingalls Shipbuilding
Laid down	26 May 2008[1]
Launched	23 November 2010[2]
Sponsored by	Mrs. Joyce Rumsfeld
Christened	26 March 2011[3]
Commissioned	8 February 2013
Homeport	Norfolk
Identification	MMSI number: 369970719 Callsign: NARL Pennant number: LPD-24
Status	In active service, as of 2015
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General characteristics
Class and type	San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock
Displacement	24,900 short tons (22,600 t) full
Length	684 ft (208 m) overall, 661 ft (201 m) waterline[1]
Beam	105 ft (32 m) extreme, 97 ft (30 m) waterline[1]
Draft	23 ft (7.0 m)[1]
Propulsion	Four sequentially turbocharged Colt-Pielstick diesel engines, two shafts, 40,000 hp (30 MW)
Speed	22 knots (41 km/h)
Boats & landing craft carried	Two LCACs or one LCU
Capacity	699 (66 officers, 633 enlisted); surge to 800 total; 14 Expeditionary Force vehicles
Complement	32 officers, 332 enlisted[1]
Armament	Two 30 mm Mk44 Bushmaster II close-in guns two RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile launchers
Aircraft carried	Four CH-53E Super Stallion heavy lift helicopters may be launched or recovered simultaneously.

USS Arlington (LPD-24), a San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock, is the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for Arlington County, Virginia, the location of the Pentagon and the crash site of American Airlines Flight 77 during the terrorist attacks on 11 September 2001. Like her sister ships, USS New York and Somerset, she is named in commemoration of the attacks.^[4] Steel taken from the Pentagon after the attacks is displayed aboard in the ship's museum.^[5]