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NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — USS Arlington (LPD-24) is an amphibious transport dock commissioned in 2013. She returned to the piers after about 18 months in the shipyard. Now her crew is undergoing training for whatever comes next.
The crew welcomed us from the pier with help from Arly the Eagle, the ship mascot…