PASCAGOULA, Miss. - HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division has ceremonially authenticated June 2 the keel for the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock Pittsburgh (LPD 31).
The keel is the foundation of a ship and the ceremony is the first important milestone.
Ship’s sponsor Nancy Urban, a resident of Hopewell Township, a suburb of Pittsburgh, Pa., declared the keel “truly and fairly laid.”
During the ceremony, Larry Stevens, an Ingalls pipe welder, etched the initials of the ship’s sponsor into a ceremonial plate. The metal plates will remain affixed to LPD 31 throughout its life.
Ingalls has delivered 12 San Antonio-class ships to the Navy. Three are under construction, Richard M. McCool Jr. (LPD 29), Harrisburg (LPD 30) and Pittsburgh (LPD 31), which will be the second Flight II LPD.
LPD Flight II is the next generation amphibious ship to replace Whidbey Island (LSD 41) and Harpers Ferry (LSD 49) classes of dock landing ships. (HII 06/02/23)
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