{"id":132291,"date":"2026-03-07T16:26:30","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T16:26:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/132291\/"},"modified":"2026-03-07T16:26:30","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T16:26:30","slug":"hii-lays-keel-for-us-navys-lpd-uss-philadelphia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/132291\/","title":{"rendered":"HII lays keel for US Navy&#8217;s LPD USS Philadelphia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>HII\u2019s Ingalls Shipbuilding division has authenticated the keel for the future USS\u00a0Philadelphia\u00a0(LPD 32), a US Navy Flight II\u00a0San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/lead-lpd-32-philadelphia-keel-authentication-weld-ls-march-0.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Credit: HII<\/p>\n<p>As part of the ceremony, Ingalls Structural Welder Cory Dillon etched the sponsor\u2019s initials into a ceremonial steel plate, a long-standing naval tradition symbolizing the ship\u2019s official start of construction. The plate will remain permanently affixed to\u00a0Philadelphia\u00a0throughout its service life.<\/p>\n<p>LPD 32 is one of three Flight II\u00a0San Antonio-class ships currently under construction at Ingalls. <\/p>\n<p>Flight II ships are designed to replace the aging\u00a0Whidbey\u00a0Island-class (LSD 41) and\u00a0Harpers Ferry-class (LSD 49) dock landing ships. <\/p>\n<p>These vessels will serve as a cornerstone of the Navy\u2019s 21st-century expeditionary force, supporting Marine and Navy operations in humanitarian aid, disaster relief, maritime security and military missions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPhiladelphia\u00a0will be one of the most versatile platforms in the fleet, and I have a special appreciation for each shipyard worker that is a part of the team that will support this vessel for 40 years,\u201d Samuel Paparo, commander of the US Indo-Pacific Command, said. <\/p>\n<p>Ingalls Shipbuilding is the sole builder of\u00a0San Antonio-class ships and, to date, has delivered 13 LPDs to the US Navy. <\/p>\n<p>Ingalls is currently constructing three Flight II vessels:\u00a0Harrisburg\u00a0(LPD 30),\u00a0Pittsburgh\u00a0(LPD 31), and\u00a0Philadelphia\u00a0(LPD 32), and has received contracts for the construction of\u00a0LPD 33,\u00a0LPD 34, and\u00a0LPD 35.<\/p>\n<p>\nFollow Naval Today on:\n<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"743\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/navaltoday-background-.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Put your brand on the radar and boost visibility<\/p>\n<p>From banner ads to sponsored content, we help your solutions<br \/>cut through the noise.<br \/>Trust Naval Today to align the compass and navigate your message!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HII\u2019s Ingalls Shipbuilding division has authenticated the keel for the future USS\u00a0Philadelphia\u00a0(LPD 32), a US Navy Flight II\u00a0San&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":132292,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[61291,61292,61293,69,71,70,61294],"class_list":["post-132291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-hii","tag-ingalls-shipbuilding","tag-lpd","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news","tag-us-navy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132291"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132291\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/132292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}