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{{Short description|US Navy vessel}}
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{{Infobox ship image
| Ship image = File:USS America (LHA-6) F-35B loaded.jpg
| Ship caption = Lead of the class USS ''America''
}}
{{Infobox ship career
| Ship country = United States
| Ship flag = {{USN flag}}
| Ship name = ''Helmand Province''
| Ship namesake = [[War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)|Afghanistan War]] [[US Marine Corps]] campaign
| Ship awarded =
| Ship builder = [[Huntington Ingalls Industries]]
| Ship laid down =
| Ship launched =
| Ship sponsor =
| Ship christened =
| Ship acquired =
| Ship commissioned =
| Ship decommissioned =
| Ship struck =
| Ship honors =
| Ship fate =
| Ship status =
| Ship identification = [[Hull number]]: LHA-10
| Ship badge =
| Ship motto =
| Ship notes =
}}
{{Infobox ship characteristics
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| Ship class = {{sclass|America|amphibious assault ship}}
| Ship displacement = {{convert|44,971|LT|t|abbr=on}}
| Ship length = {{convert|844|ft|m|abbr=on}}
| Ship beam = {{convert|106|ft|m|abbr=on}}
| Ship draft = {{convert|26|ft|m|abbr=on}} (7.9 meters)
| Ship propulsion = Two marine [[Gas turbine#Naval|gas turbines]], two shafts, {{convert|70,000|bhp|kW|abbr=on}}, two {{convert|5,000|hp|kW|abbr=on}} auxiliary propulsion motors.
| Ship speed = Over {{convert|22|kn}}
| Ship range =
| Ship boats = * 4 [[Landing Craft Air Cushion]] or
* 1 [[Landing Craft Utility]]
| Ship complement = * 65 officers, 994 enlisted
* 1,687 [[United States Marine Corps|Marines]] (plus 184 surge)
| Ship sensors = * [[AN/SPQ-9]]B fire control
* [[AN/SPY-6]](V)2 EASR airsearch radar
| Ship EW = * AN/SLQ-32B(V)2
* 2× Mk53 [[Nulka|Nulka decoy launchers]]
| Ship armament = * 2× [[RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile|Rolling Airframe Missile]] launchers
* 2× [[RIM-162 ESSM|Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile]] launchers
* 2× [[20 mm caliber|20mm]] [[Phalanx CIWS]] mounts
* 7× twin [[.50 BMG]] 12.7mm [[M2 Browning machine gun|machine guns]]
| Ship aircraft = * [[V-22 Osprey|MV-22B Osprey]]
* [[F-35 Lightning II#F-35B|F-35B Lightning II]]
* [[Sikorsky CH-53K|CH-53K King Stallion]]
* [[UH-1Y Venom]]
* [[AH-1Z Viper]]
* [[SH-60 Seahawk|MH-60S Knighthawk]]
| Ship notes =
}}
|}'''USS ''Helmand Province'' (LHA-10)''' will be the fifth {{sclass|America|amphibious assault ship}} of the [[United States Navy]]. She named after the Afghani [[Helmand Province]], the site of a [[United States Marine Corps|US Marine Corps]] campaign during the [[War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)|War in Afghanistan]].
== Design ==
{{main|America-class amphibious assault ship}}
The design of ''Fallujah'' is based on {{USS|Makin Island|LHD-8|6}}, which is an improved version of the {{sclass|Wasp|amphibious assault ship|1}}. While ''Makin Island'' has a well deck, the earlier two Flight 0 ''America''-class ships {{USS|America|LHA-6|6}} and {{USS|Tripoli|LHA-7|6}} were designed and built without a well deck to make space for aircraft and aviation fuel.<ref name="gao09">{{citation |title=GAO-09-326SP 'Defense Acquisitions: Assessments of Selected Weapon Programs' |date=30 March 2009 |url=http://www.gao.gov/htext/d09326sp.html |publisher=U.S. Government Accountability Office}}</ref>
''Fallujah'' will be the second Flight I ''America''-class ship, and as such will include a [[Well dock|well deck]]. The design of the Flight I ''America''-class ships, including that of ''Fallujah'', adopts a compromise, incorporating a slightly smaller aircraft hangar as well as smaller medical and other spaces to fit a small well deck for surface connector operations.<ref name="Freedberg">{{cite web |last=Freedberg |first=Sydney J. Jr. |title=Navy's Newest, LHA-6, A Dead End For Amphibious Ships? |url=http://breakingdefense.com/2012/10/navys-newest-lha-6-a-dead-end-for-amphibious-ships/ |access-date=15 December 2022 |language=en}}</ref> The island structure will also be modified to free up more room on the flight deck to accommodate maintenance of [[V-22|V-22s]], compensating for some of the lost aircraft hangar space.<ref name="Freedberg" />
== History ==
The then-LHA-10 was authorized by the United States Congress in 2023, providing [[USD|$US]] 1.38 billion for her procurement. <ref>{{Cite web |last=Lagrone |first=Sam |date=28 July 2022 |title=Senate FY 2023 Appropriations Bill Adds $4B to Navy Shipbuilding, Money for New Amphibs |url=https://news.usni.org/2022/07/28/se...shipbuilding-money-for-new-amphibs#more-96202 |website=United States Naval Institute News}}</ref>
The ship was named by [[United States Secretary of the Navy|Secretary of the Navy]] [[Carlos Del Toro]] on 2 May 2024, intending to honor the sailors and marines who fought in the strategic Helmand Province in Afghanistan during the War in Afghanistan.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lagrone |first=Sam |date=2 May 2024 |title=SECNAV Del Toro Names Next Big Deck Amphib USS Helmand Province |url=https://news.usni.org/2024/05/02/secnav-del-toro-names-next-big-deck-amphib-uss-helmand-province |website=United States Naval Institute}}</ref>
{{America-class amphibious assault ship}}
== Refrences ==
Okumaya devam et...
{{Short description|US Navy vessel}}
{|{{Infobox ship begin}}
{{Infobox ship image
| Ship image = File:USS America (LHA-6) F-35B loaded.jpg
| Ship caption = Lead of the class USS ''America''
}}
{{Infobox ship career
| Ship country = United States
| Ship flag = {{USN flag}}
| Ship name = ''Helmand Province''
| Ship namesake = [[War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)|Afghanistan War]] [[US Marine Corps]] campaign
| Ship awarded =
| Ship builder = [[Huntington Ingalls Industries]]
| Ship laid down =
| Ship launched =
| Ship sponsor =
| Ship christened =
| Ship acquired =
| Ship commissioned =
| Ship decommissioned =
| Ship struck =
| Ship honors =
| Ship fate =
| Ship status =
| Ship identification = [[Hull number]]: LHA-10
| Ship badge =
| Ship motto =
| Ship notes =
}}
{{Infobox ship characteristics
| Hide header =
| Header caption =
| Ship class = {{sclass|America|amphibious assault ship}}
| Ship displacement = {{convert|44,971|LT|t|abbr=on}}
| Ship length = {{convert|844|ft|m|abbr=on}}
| Ship beam = {{convert|106|ft|m|abbr=on}}
| Ship draft = {{convert|26|ft|m|abbr=on}} (7.9 meters)
| Ship propulsion = Two marine [[Gas turbine#Naval|gas turbines]], two shafts, {{convert|70,000|bhp|kW|abbr=on}}, two {{convert|5,000|hp|kW|abbr=on}} auxiliary propulsion motors.
| Ship speed = Over {{convert|22|kn}}
| Ship range =
| Ship boats = * 4 [[Landing Craft Air Cushion]] or
* 1 [[Landing Craft Utility]]
| Ship complement = * 65 officers, 994 enlisted
* 1,687 [[United States Marine Corps|Marines]] (plus 184 surge)
| Ship sensors = * [[AN/SPQ-9]]B fire control
* [[AN/SPY-6]](V)2 EASR airsearch radar
| Ship EW = * AN/SLQ-32B(V)2
* 2× Mk53 [[Nulka|Nulka decoy launchers]]
| Ship armament = * 2× [[RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile|Rolling Airframe Missile]] launchers
* 2× [[RIM-162 ESSM|Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile]] launchers
* 2× [[20 mm caliber|20mm]] [[Phalanx CIWS]] mounts
* 7× twin [[.50 BMG]] 12.7mm [[M2 Browning machine gun|machine guns]]
| Ship aircraft = * [[V-22 Osprey|MV-22B Osprey]]
* [[F-35 Lightning II#F-35B|F-35B Lightning II]]
* [[Sikorsky CH-53K|CH-53K King Stallion]]
* [[UH-1Y Venom]]
* [[AH-1Z Viper]]
* [[SH-60 Seahawk|MH-60S Knighthawk]]
| Ship notes =
}}
|}'''USS ''Helmand Province'' (LHA-10)''' will be the fifth {{sclass|America|amphibious assault ship}} of the [[United States Navy]]. She named after the Afghani [[Helmand Province]], the site of a [[United States Marine Corps|US Marine Corps]] campaign during the [[War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)|War in Afghanistan]].
== Design ==
{{main|America-class amphibious assault ship}}
The design of ''Fallujah'' is based on {{USS|Makin Island|LHD-8|6}}, which is an improved version of the {{sclass|Wasp|amphibious assault ship|1}}. While ''Makin Island'' has a well deck, the earlier two Flight 0 ''America''-class ships {{USS|America|LHA-6|6}} and {{USS|Tripoli|LHA-7|6}} were designed and built without a well deck to make space for aircraft and aviation fuel.<ref name="gao09">{{citation |title=GAO-09-326SP 'Defense Acquisitions: Assessments of Selected Weapon Programs' |date=30 March 2009 |url=http://www.gao.gov/htext/d09326sp.html |publisher=U.S. Government Accountability Office}}</ref>
''Fallujah'' will be the second Flight I ''America''-class ship, and as such will include a [[Well dock|well deck]]. The design of the Flight I ''America''-class ships, including that of ''Fallujah'', adopts a compromise, incorporating a slightly smaller aircraft hangar as well as smaller medical and other spaces to fit a small well deck for surface connector operations.<ref name="Freedberg">{{cite web |last=Freedberg |first=Sydney J. Jr. |title=Navy's Newest, LHA-6, A Dead End For Amphibious Ships? |url=http://breakingdefense.com/2012/10/navys-newest-lha-6-a-dead-end-for-amphibious-ships/ |access-date=15 December 2022 |language=en}}</ref> The island structure will also be modified to free up more room on the flight deck to accommodate maintenance of [[V-22|V-22s]], compensating for some of the lost aircraft hangar space.<ref name="Freedberg" />
== History ==
The then-LHA-10 was authorized by the United States Congress in 2023, providing [[USD|$US]] 1.38 billion for her procurement. <ref>{{Cite web |last=Lagrone |first=Sam |date=28 July 2022 |title=Senate FY 2023 Appropriations Bill Adds $4B to Navy Shipbuilding, Money for New Amphibs |url=https://news.usni.org/2022/07/28/se...shipbuilding-money-for-new-amphibs#more-96202 |website=United States Naval Institute News}}</ref>
The ship was named by [[United States Secretary of the Navy|Secretary of the Navy]] [[Carlos Del Toro]] on 2 May 2024, intending to honor the sailors and marines who fought in the strategic Helmand Province in Afghanistan during the War in Afghanistan.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lagrone |first=Sam |date=2 May 2024 |title=SECNAV Del Toro Names Next Big Deck Amphib USS Helmand Province |url=https://news.usni.org/2024/05/02/secnav-del-toro-names-next-big-deck-amphib-uss-helmand-province |website=United States Naval Institute}}</ref>
{{America-class amphibious assault ship}}
== Refrences ==
Okumaya devam et...