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US Navy - Amphibious Transport Dock
LPD 24 - USS Arlington
 
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Type, class: Amphibious Transport Dock (LPD); San Antonio class
Builder: Huntington Ingalls Industries, Ingalls Operations, Pascagoula, Mississippi, USA
  
STATUS:
Awarded: November 6, 2006
Laid down: May 26, 2008
Launched: November 23, 2010
Christened: March 26, 2011

Commissioned: February 8, 2013
IN SERVICE
 

Homeport: Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia
 Namesake: Arlington County, Virginia
Ships Motto: STRENGTH - HONOR - FORTITUDE
Technical Data: see: INFO > San Antonio class Amphibious Transport Dock - LPD
 
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Mediterranean Sea - January 2019

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Atlantic Ocean - December 2018

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Atlantic Ocean - December 2018

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Atlantic Ocean - December 2018

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Atlantic Ocean - December 2018

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Morehead City, North Carolina - December 2018

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Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia - December 2018

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Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia - December 2018

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well deck operations during a composite training unit exercise (COMPTUEX) - Atlantic Ocean - October 2018

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during a composite training unit exercise (COMPTUEX) - Atlantic Ocean - October 2018

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Atlantic Ocean - September 2018

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Atlantic Ocean - August 2018

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Atlantic Ocean - August 2018

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Morehead City, North Carolina - August 2018

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Atlantic Ocean - June 2018

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Fleet Week New York - May 2018

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New York - May 2018

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New York - May 2018

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New York - May 2018

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New York - May 2018

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Baltic Sea - June 2017

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Baltic Sea - June 2017

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Baltic Sea - June 2017

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Baltic Sea - June 2017

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Amphibious Assault Vehicles (AAV) prepare to depart the well deck during exercise BALTOPS 17 - Baltic Sea - June 2017

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Amphibious Assault Vehicles (AAV) departing the well deck during exercise BALTOPS 17 - Baltic Sea - June 2017

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Swinoujscie, Poland - June 2017

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Swinoujscie, Poland - June 2017

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Swinoujscie, Poland - June 2017

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Amphibious Assault Vehicles (AAV) departing the well deck - Atlantic Ocean - April 2017

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Amphibious Assault Vehicles (AAV-P7/A1) prepare to depart the well deck - Atlantic Ocean - April 2017

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Amphibious Assault Vehicles (AAV) departing the well deck - Atlantic Ocean - April 2017

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USS Arlington conducts a stern gate marriage with a landing craft utility (LCU) - Atlantic Ocean - April 2017

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Atlantic Ocean - March 2017

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Atlantic Ocean - March 2017

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A rigid hull inflatable boat (RHIB) is lowered by the knuckleboom crane into the boat valley of USS Arlington - Atlantic Ocean - June 2016

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Mediterranean Sea - April 2016

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Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 26, Fox Company and Echo Battery, Battalion Landing Team 2/6, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (26th MEU)
and Sailors assigned to USS Arlington pose for a photo on the flight deck - January 2016

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a Landing Craft Air Cushioned (LCAC) departs the well deck - Gulf of Aden - November 2015

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Souda Bay, Crete, Greece - October 2015

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Souda Bay, Crete, Greece - October 2015

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Souda Bay, Crete, Greece - October 2015

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Souda Bay, Crete, Greece - October 2015

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Lisbon, Portugal - October 2015

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Norfolk, Virginia - October 2015

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Norfolk, Virginia - October 2015

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Atlantic Ocean - June 2015

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a Landing Craft Air Cushioned (LCAC) enters the well deck - Atlantic Ocean - June 2015

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Atlantic Ocean - March 2015

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Atlantic Ocean - August 2014

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Sailors aboard USS Arlington recover an Orion capsule into the well deck during an exercise
as part of NASA's first key Orion stationary recovery test at Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia - August 2013

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Sailors aboard USS Arlington recover an Orion capsule into the well deck during an exercise
as part of NASA's first key Orion stationary recovery test at Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia - August 2013

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Sailors aboard USS Arlington recover an Orion capsule into the well deck - Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia - August 2013

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Sailors aboard USS Arlington recover an Orion capsule into the well deck - Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia - August 2013

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Sailors aboard USS Arlington recover an Orion capsule into the well deck - Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia - August 2013

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Sailors aboard USS Arlington recover an Orion capsule into the well deck - Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia - August 2013

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a NASA's Orion capsule in the well deck - Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia - August 2013

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a NASA's Orion capsule in the well deck - Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia - August 2013

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commissioning ceremony at Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia - April 6, 2013

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commissioning ceremony at Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia - April 6, 2013

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commissioning ceremony at Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia - April 6, 2013

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commissioning ceremony at Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia - April 6, 2013

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commissioning ceremony at Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia - April 6, 2013

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Norfolk, Virginia - March 2013

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Norfolk, Virginia - March 2013

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Norfolk, Virginia - March 2013

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sea trials

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Pascagoula, Mississippi - June 2012 (Huntington Ingalls photo via NNS)

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launching at HII Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi - November 23, 2010

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launching at HII Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi - November 23, 2010

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during construction - Pascagoula, Mississippi

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during construction - Pascagoula, Mississippi (Huntington Ingalls Industries photo via USN)

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during construction - Pascagoula, Mississippi (Huntington Ingalls Industries photo via USN)
 
 
USS Arlington (LPD 24):
 

Officially, she was commissioned on 8 February 2013, but her ceremonial commissioning occurred on 6 April 2013 at Naval Station Norfolk.

... history wanted ...
 
Arlington:

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.

Arlington, Virginia:
In 1791, President George Washington commissioned architect Charles L’Enfant and geographer Andrew Ellicott to
define the boundaries of Washington, D.C., assisted by Benjamin Banneker, a scientist and surveyor. At the time, federal
construction on the Virginia side of the Potomac was prohibited. That area became Arlington, Va., the smallest selfgoverning
county in the Continental United States. Its 26 square miles are dotted with memorials honoring our nation’s
heroes including the U.S. Air Force Memorial, U.S. Marine Corps Memorial, and the Women in the Military Memorial.
More than 300,000 brave men and women from all of our nation’s wars are also buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

The Pentagon:
The Pentagon, headquarters for the U.S. Department of Defense, is the world’s largest office building, containing 6.5 million square
feet of office space. Each day, 23,000 military and civilian employees arrive at the Pentagon to defend the United States.
In 1941, with much of Europe controlled by Nazi Germany, President Franklin D. Roosevelt rushed its construction.

Ground was broken for the Pentagon on September 11, 1941, 60 years to the day prior to the 2001 attacks.
After the attacks, the damaged section of the Pentagon was reconstructed and occupied by Sept. 11, 2002, under the “Phoenix Project.”

Bearing the motto “Strength, Honor, Fortitude,” the ship Arlington (LPD 24), like the occupants of the Pentagon, will serve to defend the United States and what our nation stands for around the world.
 
 
 
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