USS Harrisburg (LPD-30)
Appearance
History | |
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United States | |
Name | Harrisburg |
Namesake | Harrisburg |
Awarded | 26 March 2019 |
Builder | Ingalls Shipbuilding |
Laid down | 28 January 2022[1][2] |
Sponsored by | Alexandra Curry |
Identification | Pennant number: LPD-30 |
Status | Under construction |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock Flight II |
Displacement | 25,000 tons full |
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Beam |
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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 | |
Capacity | 699 (66 officers, 633 enlisted); surge to 800 total. |
Complement | 28 officers, 333 enlisted |
Armament |
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Aircraft carried | Two MV-22 tilt rotor aircraft may be launched or recovered simultaneously. |
USS Harrisburg (LPD-30) will be the 14th San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship of the United States Navy. She will be the second ship in naval service named after the city of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.[3][4] Harrisburg is being built at Pascagoula, Mississippi, by Ingalls Shipbuilding.[1] The ship will be the first Flight II variant of the San Antonio-class.[4][5][6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Keel Authenticated for Future USS Harrisburg" (Press release). United States Navy. 30 January 2022. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
- ^ "Keel of Harrisburg (LPD 30) Authenticated at Ingalls Shipbuilding". www.newsroom.huntingtoningalls.com (Press release). Huntington Ingalls Industries. 23 February 2022. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
- ^ "Harrisburg (LPD-30)". Naval Vessel Register. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
- ^ a b "SECNAV Names Future Amphibious Transport Dock Ship in Honor of the city of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania" (Press release). United States Navy. 10 October 2019. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ "The Navy named its next warship after this city". www.navytimes.com. Navy Times. 10 October 2019. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ "Photo Release--Huntington Ingalls Industries Awarded $1.47 Billion for Construction of U.S. Navy's First Flight II LPD". www.newsroom.huntingtoningalls.com (Press release). Huntington Ingalls Industries. 26 March 2019. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
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.