USS San Antonio (LPD-17)
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| Missing image San_Antonio;ship_at_pier.jpg USS San Antonio (LPD-17) | |
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| Awarded: | 17 December 1996 |
| Laid down: | 9 December 2000 |
| Launched: | 12 July 2003 |
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| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 25,000 tons (full load) |
| Length: | 208.5 meters (684 feet) overall, 201.4 meters (661 feet) waterline |
| Beam: | 31.9 meters (105 feet) extreme, 29.5 meters (97 feet) waterline |
| Draft: | 7 meters (23 feet) |
| Propulsion: | Four Colt-Pielstick diesel engines, two shafts, 40,000 HP (30 MW) |
| Speed: | 22 knots (41 km/h) |
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| Complement: | 33 officers, 364 enlisted |
| Armament: | Two 30 mm Close-in-Guns, for surface threat defense; two Rolling Airframe Missile launchers for air defense |
| Aircraft: | Four CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters or two MV-22 tilt rotor aircraft may be launched or recovered simultaneously. |
| Landing Craft: | Two LCACs (air cushion) or one LCU (conventional); 14 EFVs |
| Troops: | 699 (66 officers, 633 enlisted); surge to 800 total. |
| Motto: | “Never Retreat, Never Surrender” |
USS San Antonio (LPD-17), the lead ship of her class of amphibious transport dock, is the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the city in Texas.
The contract to build her was awarded on 17 December 1996 to Northrop Grumman Ship Systems of New Orleans, Louisiana and her keel was laid down on 9 December 2000. She was launched on 12 July 2003 and christened on 19 July. She is scheduled to be commissioned in June 2005, at NS Ingleside, Texas.
References
This article contains information from the Naval Vessel Registry and various other US Navy Web sites.
External Link
- USS San Antonio official website (http://www.cnsl.spear.navy.mil/sanantonio/index.htm)
- navsource.org: USS San Antonio (http://www.navsource.org/archives/10/0917.htm)
- [National Defense Magazine article (http://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/article.cfm?Id=1222)]