PASCAGOULA, Miss. HII's Ingalls Shipbuilding division authenticated the keel Sept. 20 for the America-class amphibious ship Fallujah (LHA 9).
During the authentication ceremony Ingalls' Seveta Gray welded the initials of the ship's sponsor - Donna Berger, former first lady of the Marine Corps - onto a ceremonial keel plate that will remain with the ship throughout its life. https://hii.com/news/hii-
“The USS Fallujah, like her predecessors the USS America, USS Tripoli and USS Bougainville, will one day join the amphibious fleet, and serve as the centerpiece for amphibious ready groups and Marine Expeditionary Units,” guest speaker, Under Secretary of the Navy Erik Raven, said. “L-class ships like the future USS Fallujah make our Navy and Marine Corps a potent fighting team, forward-postured around the globe, ready to respond to crisis and disaster.”
The future USS Fallujah (LHA 9) is the fourth America-class large-deck amphibious assault ship built at Ingalls. It is the second ship in class to be built with a well deck.
Fallujah will retain the aviation capability of the America-class design while adding the surface assault capability of a well deck and a larger flight deck configured for F-35B Joint Strike Fighters and MV-22 Osprey aircraft. These large-deck amphibious assault ships also include top-of-the-line medical facilities with full operating suites and triage capabilities.
Ingalls has delivered 15 large-deck amphibs to the Navy. (HII 09/20/23)
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