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Keel authentication, 20 September 2023, the initials of the ship's sponsor were welded onto a ceremonial keel plate

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Specifications:
Displacement 44,971 long t.(lt), 50,000 long t.(fl)
Length 844'
Beam 106'
Speed 22+ kts.
Endurance 9,500 miles

Medical Capability

Two operating rooms

Twenty-Four bed ward

Flight Deck

Nine CH-53K spots

Elevators one Port, one Starboard

Vehicle Square 19,112 ft

Cargo/Ammo Cube 145,963 ft

Aviation Fuel (JP-5) 1,300,000 gal / or 1.6 M gallons

Aircraft, Standard Configuration:

Ten F-35B Joint Strike Fighters (JSF) STOVL aircraft

Twelve MV-22 Osprey VTOL tiltrotors

Four CH-53E Sea Stallion helicopters

Eight AH-1Z Super Cobra helicopters

Four MH-60S Seahawk helicopters

Complement

65 - 100 officers

994 - 1,000 enlisted

Load:

1,687 troops, plus 184 surge

Marine Detachment: 1,800

Armament

Two Mk-29 NATO Evolved Sea Sparrow launchers

Two MK49 Rolling Airframe Missile [RAM]

Three 20mm Phalanx CIWS mounts

Eight .50 cal. machine guns

Electronics

AN/USG-2 Cooperative Engagement Capability (CEC)

SSDS MK2

Distributed Common Ground System (DCGS-N)

AN/USQ-T46(V) BFTT

IFF Interrogator System AN/UPX-29 (V)

AN/SRC-55

AN/TPX-42A(V)14

AN/SPN-35C

AN/WSN-7 RLGN

AN/SPS-48 Radar

AN/SPS-49 Radar

AN/SPQ-9B Radar

Propulsion

Two General Electric "LM2500 plus" gas turbines engines, approximately 50 MW

Two propellers, 70,000 total brake horsepower

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10070903	439k	Namesake Fallujah - The first ship to bear this name to commemorate the first and second battles at Fallujah during the Iraq War, both offensives in the city in 2004 by the U.S. military-led with the involvement of the U.S. Army, U.S. Marines, and the service members from coalition partners. Fought in the spring and winter of 2004, the battles of Fallujah are considered the bloodiest engagements of the Iraq war, with more than 100 coalition forces killed and over 600 wounded. Photo-1 Top Left - Aerial map of Fallujah a city in the Iraqi province of Al Anbar, located roughly (43 miles west of Baghdad on the Euphrates River. Fallujah dates from Babylonian times and was host to important Jewish academies for many centuries. Photos-2 and 3 Top Center and Top Left - (center) Mosque across the street from the Fallujah City Hall. Photo-4 Bottom Left - U.S. Marines with Company A, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, Marine Captain Philip Treglia calls in a dangerous close airstrike while his Marines fire against terrorists operating in Fallujah, Iraq. Marines Corporal Philip Dennis (kneeling), Corporal Butterfield , Lcpl Buskard, Cpl Justin Smith, 17 April 2004. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Matthew J. Apprendi. Photo-5 Bottom Right - Fallujah, Iraq (Nov. 15, 2004) - Iraqi Special Forces Soldiers assigned to the U.S. Marines of 2nd Squad, 3rd Platoon, L Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, patrol south clearing every house on their way through Fallujah, Iraq, during Operation Al Fajr (New Dawn). Operation Al Fajr is an offensive operation to eradicate enemy forces within the city of Fallujah in support of continuing security and stabilization operations in the Al Anbar province of Iraq by units of the 1st Marine Division. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. James J. Vooris		Tommy Trampp
10070901	181k	Artist's rendering of USS Fallujah (LHA-9). Huntington Ingalls Industries' Ingalls Shipbuilding division is scheduled to begin construction in December 2022. Fallujah will retain the aviation capability of the America-class design while adding a well deck capable of launching two landing craft air cushion hovercraft or one landing craft utility. Fallujah will have a larger flight deck configured for Joint Strike Fighter F35B and Osprey V-22 aircraft. Courtesy of Huntington Ingalls Industries		Tommy Trampp
10070902	88k	Ingalls Shipbuilding division started fabrication of the U.S. Navy’s newest amphibious assault ship Fallujah (LHA-9), 19 December 2022. The start of fabrication signifies that the first 100 tons of steel have been cut for the ship and that the shipyard is ready to move forward with the construction of the ship.		Tommy Trampp
10070904	278k	Ingalls Shipbuilding division, Pascagoula, MS. authenticated the keel of Fallujah LHA-9), 20 September 2923. The initials of the ship's sponsor Donna Berger, wife of the 38th Commandant of the Marines Corps, Gen. David H. Berger were welded onto a ceremonial keel plate that will remain with the ship throughout its life.		Bob Haner

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USS Fallujah (LHA-9)
There is no Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS) history entry for USS Fallujah (LHA-9) available at NavSource

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Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log

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Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
Amphibious Assault Ships - LHA/LHD/LHA(R)

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