When the USS Fort Lauderdale (LPD 28) docked at Naval Station Newport in Rhode Island from Nov. 21-24, it was especially meaningful for a Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport employee
When the USS Fort Lauderdale (LPD 28) docked at Naval Station Newport in Rhode Island from Nov. 21-24, it was especially meaningful for a Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport employee whose family name is linked to the ship’s name.
John Lauderdale, a resident of New London, Connecticut, serves in Division Newport’s Undersea Warfare Electromagnetic Systems Department as principal for safety for electronic warfare, imaging and radar for PMS 435, visited the USS Fort Lauderdale to share his family’s legacy. The ship is named after the city in Florida, which is named after Lauderdale’s great-great-great-granduncle William, who served as a lieutenant under Andrew Jackson when the Tennessee volunteers were dispatched to New Orleans in 1812 and as a major during the Second Seminole War in 1838.
William was the younger brother of Lt. Col. James Lauderdale who was John’s great-great-great-grandfather.
The city of Fort Lauderdale is named after a series of forts built by the U.S. during the Second Seminole War in 1838. Development of the city did not begin until 50 years after the forts were abandoned at the end of the conflict. The city was incorporated in 1911.
The USS Fort Lauderdale, commissioned July 30, 2022, is
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