Fort Lauderdale (LPD 28) Keel Authentication
171013-N-NO191-001 PASCAGOULA, Miss. (Oct. 13, 2017) - Ship’s Sponsor Meredith Berger traces her initials onto a steel plate that would later be welded inside the amphibious transport dock ship Fort Lauderdale (LPD 28). Pictured with Berger are (left to right) Howard Sparks, a structural welder at Ingalls; Capt. Brian Metcalf, the U.S. Navy’s LPD 17-class program manager; and Steve Sloan, Ingalls’ LPD program manager. (U.S. Navy photo by Lance Davis courtesy of Huntington Ingalls Industries/Released)