{"id":38105,"date":"2022-12-13T21:45:40","date_gmt":"2022-12-13T21:45:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2022\/12\/13\/navys-next-america-class-amphibious-assault-ship-to-named-fallujah\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T20:15:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T20:15:07","slug":"navys-next-america-class-amphibious-assault-ship-to-named-fallujah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/naval\/2022\/12\/13\/navys-next-america-class-amphibious-assault-ship-to-named-fallujah\/","title":{"rendered":"Next America-class amphibious assault ship to be named \u2018Fallujah\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Navy\u2019s America-class amphibious assault ship LHA-9 will receive the name \u201cFallujah\u201d to remember the first and second Battles of Fallujah<\/a> in the Sunni Muslim province of al-Anbar during the Iraq War.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The name reveal comes after American shipbuilder HII, previously known as Huntington Ingalls Industries, secured a $2.4 billion contract in October to build the ship, the fourth of its class. Construction is scheduled to get underway this month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe future America-class amphibious ship will be named the USS Fallujah, LHA-9,\u201d Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro said Tuesday. \u201cThe future USS Fallujah will commemorate the first and second battles of Fallujah, American-led offenses during the Iraq War. The name selection follows the tradition of naming amphibious ships after U.S. Marine Corps battles, early U.S. sailing ships, or legacy names of earlier carriers from World War II.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt is an honor for me, and for our nation, to memorialize the Marines, the soldiers and coalition forces that fought valiantly and those that sacrificed their lives during both battles of Fallujah.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t