Amphibious Transport Dock
LPD 24 - USS Arlington
USS Arlington (LPD 24)
Type, Class:		Amphibious Transport Dock (LPD); San Antonio-class;
Builder:		Northrop Grumman Ship Systems, Ingalls Operations, Pascagoula, Mississippi, USA
STATUS:		Awarded: November 6, 2006 Laid down: December 18, 2008 Launched: (2009 – scheduled) Commissioned: (2011 – scheduled) LPD 24 is under construction
Homeport:
Namesake:		named after and in honor of the City of Arlington, Virginia
Ship's Motto:
Technical Data: (Measures, Propulsion, Armament, Aviation, etc.)		see: INFO >> Amphibious Transport Dock / San Antonio - class
LINKS:		Official US Navy site
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History:
USS Arlington (LPD 24):
Arlington honors the city and county in Northern Virginia, and the 184 victims who died when American Airlines Flight 77 crashed into the Pentagon. In naming the ship Secretary of the Navy Gordon England said, "USS Arlington will help America project power to the far reaches of the earth and will support the cause of freedom as we engage in the current war on terrorism. The courage and heroism of the people aboard the flight, and in the Pentagon, will never be forgotten by the American people.” This is the third U.S. Navy ship named Arlington. Steel, taken from the Pentagon after the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks will be displayed aboard.
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