USS Portland (LPD-27)
USS ''Portland'' (LPD-27) is a ship of the United States Navy, named after the U.S. city of Portland, Oregon. History ''Portland''s keel was Keel laying, laid down on 2 August 2013, at the Ingalls Shipbuilding yard in Pascagoula, Mississippi, Pascagoula, Mississippi. The ship's sponsor is Bonnie Amos, wife of United States Marine Corps, U.S. Marine Corps Commandant of the Marine Corps, Commandant General James F. Amos. ''Portland'' was Ceremonial ship launching, launched on 13 February 2016, and she was delivered to the Navy on 18 September 2017. She was Ship commissioning, commissioned on 14 December 2017, but her commissioning ceremony was not held until 21 April 2018, when she was in the city of Portland for the festivities. The commissioning ceremony was protested by a number of local anti-war groups, who opposed a warship being named after the city. Laser weapon system A next-generation follow-on to the AN/SEQ-3 Laser Weapon System (LaWS) was slated for integration onto ...
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