The U.S. Navy’s newest San-Antonio amphibious transport dock ship USS Arlington (LPD 24)  will be commissioned on Saturday, April 6, at Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia. Gen. James F. Amos, commandant of the Marine Corps, will deliver the keynote address during Arlington’s commissioning ceremony. Welcome remarks will be made by Virginia Gov. Bob F. McDonnell, and [...]

The USS Arlington (LPD 24), the Navy’s newest amphibious transport dock ship, was christened in a ceremony held on March 26, at Northrop Grumman shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Mississippi, according to a feature on the Navy website. The ship is named in remembrance of the 184 victims of the 9/11 attack against the Pentagon, when American [...]