USS Fallujah (LHA-9)

SECNAV Del Toro Names Future Destroyer After MoH Recipient Thomas Gunning Kelley

Thomas Gunning Kelley

ARLINGTON, Va. – The future guided-missile destroyer DDG-140 will be named after Medal of Honor recipient retired Navy Capt. Thomas Gunning Kelley, Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro announced on Wednesday.

The Flight III Arleigh Burke destroyer will honor Kelley, who received the Medal of Honor for actions during the Vietnam War.

Del Toro announced the naming of the ship during his speech at the Surface Navy Association’s annual symposium on Wednesday. Although Kelley...

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Ingalls Starts Fabrication on Future USS Fallujah

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Ingalls Shipbuilding has cut steel on the fourth America-class big-deck amphibious warship at its Mississippi shipyard, the company announced on Tuesday.

The shipyard has cut 100 tons of steel for the future USS Fallujah (LHA-9) after completing a final Navy production review.

Fallujah “will be the second Flight I ship and will retain the aviation capability of the America-class design while adding the surface assault capability of a well deck and a larger flight deck configured for...

https://news.usni.org/2022/12/20/ingalls-starts-fabrication-on-future-uss-fallujah

SECNAV Names Next Big Deck Amphib ‘USS Fallujah’

The hull of the future USS Bougainville (LHA-8) at Ingalls Shipbuilding on Aug. 4, 2022. USNI News Photo

Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro named a future landing helicopter assault ship after the first and second Battle of Fallujah, the Navy announced Tuesday.

LHA-9, an America-class amphibious assault ship, will be called USS Fallujah, the Navy said in a news release. Del Toro announced the name at a promotion ceremony for Private 1st Class Chesty, the Marine Corps bulldog mascot.

“The name...

https://news.usni.org/2022/12/13/secnav-names-next-big-deck-amphib-uss-fallujah