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USS ''Arlington'' (LPD-24), a ''San Antonio''-class amphibious transport dock, is the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for Arlington, Virginia, the location of the Pentagon. Like her sister ships, and , she is named in commemoration of the September 11, 2001 attacks.〔 Steel taken from the Pentagon after the September 11 attacks is displayed aboard in the ship's museum. ==Construction== ''Arlington''s keel was laid down on 26 May 2008, at Northrop Grumman's Ingalls shipyard in Pascagoula, Mississippi. Builder's Trials of the ship started on 21 August 2012.〔https://www.facebook.com/USSARLINGTON/timeline〕 These were completed on 30 August 2012. 〔http://www.navsea.navy.mil/NewsView.aspx?nw=NewsWires&id=125〕 She completed Navy acceptance sea trials on 2 November 2012. 〔(Future USS Arlington Completes Acceptance Trials )〕 The US Navy formally accepted the ship on 7 December 2012. 〔(USS Arlington (LPD 24) history )〕 Arlington arrived at her homeport of Naval Station Norfolk, VA on 22 March 2013 in preparation for commissioning.〔: U.S. Navy photo 130322-N-WA189-070〕 Officially, she was commissioned on 8 February 2013, but her ceremonial commissioning occurred on 6 April 2013 at Naval Station Norfolk, CDR Darren Nelson in command.〔(USN Media Release: ARLINGTON Commissioned )〕 〔(USS Arlington Lpd 24 )〕 Originally scheduled as the third ship of the ''San Antonio'' class; she was the 8th to be commissioned. The San Antonio class ships have been plagued by construction problems. 〔(LPD-17 SAN ANONIO CLASS ALL YOU WANTED TO KNOW - AR15.Com Archive )〕〔(SNAFU!: Arlington (LPD 24), to be christened on 26 March )〕 Mrs. Joyce Rumsfeld, wife of former United States Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, is the ship's sponsor. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「USS Arlington (LPD-24)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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