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USS Fort Lauderdale (LPD-28) Live Military Ship Tracker | Free Real-Time Tracking of USS Fort Lauderdale - Cruising Earth

USS Fort Lauderdale Military Ship Tracker

USS Fort Lauderdale Real-Time Military Ship Tracking

Military Ship Details & Statistics

Homeport: Norfolk, Virginia
In Service:
Hull Number:
Category:
Complement:
Gross Tons: 		2022 | 4 years
LPD-28
Transport Dock
361
25,000 GT
Length:
Beam:
Draft:
Speed:
 
684.0 ft
105.0 ft
23.0 ft
22.0 knots
25.3 mph

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USS Fort Lauderdale (LPD-28) is a San Antonio Class Amphibious Transport Dock currently operated by the United States Navy. USS Fort Lauderdale was built by Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Mississippi. The ship has been in active service for 4 years.

The San Antonio class amphibious transport docks feature a large floodable well deck, advanced flight deck, and extensive command facilities. They can transport nearly 800 Marines along with vehicles, landing craft, and helicopters for effective ship-to-shore movement.

View USS Fort Lauderdale's real-time location, route, speed, course history, itinerary updates, port destinations, estimated arrival times, and more in the amphibious transport dock tracker map below. All ship position data is sourced directly from the global AIS tracking system, delivering the latest tracking information available. Each new ship report received automatically updates the displayed data.

USS Fort Lauderdale's Current Deployment

Current Location: Caribbean Sea / U.S. Southern Command AOR

Previous Location: Caribbean operations March 2026

Mission: Part of Iwo Jima ARG providing troop transport and support for Southern Command missions.

Sources: USNI News March 30 2026

Last Updated: Wed Apr 08, 2026 08:34 UTC

Note: The current location information above is an estimate from public reports and open-source intelligence. Exact positions are classified for operational security (OPSEC). The tracker map below displays the last publicly transmitted AIS data from this ship. Military ships typically transmit AIS data for maritime safety when operating near civilian traffic when not in an active theater.

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USS Anchorage, USS Arlington, USS Green Bay, USS Harrisburg (coming in 2026), USS John P. Murtha, USS Mesa Verde, USS New Orleans, USS New York,...
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