On April 6, 2013, Ingalls Shipbuilding and Huntington Ingalls Industries celebrated the commissioning of the amphibious transport dock USS Arlington (LPD 24) in Norfolk, Va. Arlington is the eighth ship in the LPD 17 class and the third ship named for Arlington County, Va., home of the Pentagon. Arlington is one of three Ingalls-built ships that honors the heroes of 9-11, along with USS New York (LPD 21) and Somerset (LPD 25).
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