Previously Held NEC FC-1121-CIWS MK 15 MODS 11-14 Technician
9519- Navy Drug and Alcohol Counselor
110X-Unrestricted Line Officer - No Specialty Engagement
Service Years
1997 - Present
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What are you doing now:
Attending Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, CA to get my degree in Physical Oceanography.
NEC 111X-Unrestricted Line Officer - Surface Warfare
Base, Station or City Norfolk, VA
State/Country United States
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USS Arlington (LPD-24) Details
USS Arlington (LPD-24), a San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock, is planned to be the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for Arlington, Virginia, the location of the Pentagon. Like her sister ships, USS New York and Somerset, she is named in commemoration of the September 11, 2001 attacks. Steel taken from the Pentagon after the September 11 attacks will be displayed aboard.
Arlington's keel was laid down on 26 May 2008, at Northrop Grummans/Ingalls shipyard in Pascagoula, Mississippi. She was launched on November 23, 2010, with her christening on March 26, 2011. Mrs.Joyce Rumsfeld, wife of former United States Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, is the ship's sponsor.
Career
Name:
Arlington
Namesake:
Arlington County, Virginia
Awarded:
6 November 2006
Builder:
Ingalls Shipbuilding
Laid down:
26 May 2008
Launched:
23 November 2010
Sponsored by:
Mrs. Joyce Rumsfeld
Christened:
26 March 2011
Commissioned:
8 February 2013 (official)
6 April 2013 (ceremonial)
Status:
In commission
General characteristics
Class & type:
San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock
Displacement:
24,900 short tons (22,600 t) full
Length:
684 ft (208 m) overall,
661 ft (201 m) waterline
Beam:
105 ft (32 m) extreme,
97 ft (30 m) waterline
Draft:
23 ft (7.0 m)
Propulsion:
Four sequentially turbocharged Colt-Pielstick diesel engines, two shafts, 40,000 hp (30 MW)
Speed:
22 knots (41 km/h)
Boats & landing
craft carried:
Two LCACs
or one LCU
Capacity:
699 (66 officers, 633 enlisted); surge to 800 total; 14 Expeditionary Force vehicles
Complement:
32 officers, 332 enlisted
Armament:
Two 30 mm Mk44 Bushmaster II close-in guns, for surface threat defense;
two RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile launchers for air defense
Aircraft carried:
Four CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters or two MV-22 tiltrotor aircraft may be launched or recovered simultaneously.