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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | Fallujah |
| Namesake | The first and second battle of Fallujah |
| Awarded | 27 October 2022[1] |
| Builder | Huntington Ingalls Industries |
| Laid down | 20 September 2023 |
| Sponsored by | Donna Berger[2] |
| Identification | Hull number: LHA-9 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | America-class amphibious assault ship |
| Displacement | 44,971 long tons (45,693 t) |
| Length | 844 ft (257 m) |
| Beam | 106 ft (32 m) |
| Draft | 26 ft (7.9 m) (7.9 meters) |
| Propulsion | Two marine gas turbines, two shafts, 70,000 bhp (52,000 kW), two 5,000 hp (3,700 kW) auxiliary propulsion motors. |
| Speed | Over 22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph) |
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USS Fallujah (LHA-9) will be an America-class amphibious assault ship of the United States Navy and the first ship to bear this name to commemorate the first and second battles at Fallujah during the Iraq War in 2004. On 13 December 2022, Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro announced the name in a press release.[2]
- ^ "HII Awarded $2.4 Billion to build Amphibious Assault Ship LHA 9". Huntington Ingalls Industries. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
- ^ a b "SECNAV Names Future America-class Amphibious Assault Ship Fallujah" (Press release). United States Navy. 13 December 2022. Retrieved 13 December 2022.