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USS San Diego (LPD-22)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Sierra - Alpha - November
NSAN

San Antonio Class Amphibious Transport Dock:

Laid down, 23 May 2007, at Northrop Grumman Ship Systems, Ingalls Shipyard, Pascagoula, MS.

Launched, 7 May 2010

Christened, San Diego (LPD-22), 12 June 2010, at Northrop Grumman Ship Systems, Ingalls Shipyard, Pascagoula, MS

Christening, 12 June 2010

Delivered to the Navy and placed in service, 19 December 2011

Commissioned USS San Diego (LPD-22) 19 May 2012, at the Navy Pier, San Diego, CA., CDR. Patrick K. Meyers, USN in command

Specifications:
Displacement 25,000 t.(fl)
Length 684'
Beam 105'
Draft 23 ft.
Speed 22 kts.

Complement

33 Officers

411 Enlisted

Troop Accommodations

66 Officers

625 Enlisted

Mission Systems

Vehicles/Cargo (Net): Three Vehicle Decks (2323 sq m)

Two Cargo/Ammo Magazines (708 cu m)

Cargo Fuel, JP-5 (1190 cu m) , MOGAS (38 cu m)

Two LCACs

Medical

Two Operating Rooms

24 Person Hospital Ward

100 Casualty Overflow Capacity:

Aviation Facilities

Hangar - "O" Level, Maintenance Facilities for; One CH-53E, or Two CH-46s, or One MV-22, or Three UH/AH-1s

Landing - Two CH-53s, or Four AH/UH-1s, or Four CH-46s, or Two MV-22s, or One AV-8B Harrier:

Main Propulsion

4 - Medium Speed Turbocharged Marine Diesels

2 - Shafts

2 - Single Reversing Reduction Gears

2 - Inboard Rotating (top) Fixed Pitch Propellers

Electric Plant

5 - 2500 KW Ship Service Marine Diesel Generators

5 - Main Ship Service 60 Hz SWBS

3 - Ship Service 400 Hz SWBS

3 - 60 to 400 Hz solid State Frequency changers

Zonal 60 Hz Power distribution system

Advanced Degaussing System

Auxiliaries

7 - 700 KW Non-CFC Air conditioning Plants

5 - 12000 GPD Reverse Osmosis Desalination Plants

10 - 1000 GPM Navy Standard Firepumps

2 - HP Air Compressors

3 - BP Air Compressors

3 - Deballast Air Compressors

Navigation

Digital Flux Gate Magnetic Compass

AN/WSN-7(V)1 Inertial Navigation System

AN/WQN-2 Doppler Sonar Velocity Log System

AN/UQN-4A Sonar Sounding Set, Dead Reckoning System

Navigation Telex System

AN/SSN-6 NAVSSI

Armament

1 - MK 41, 16 Cell VLS, (Space & Weight)

2 - MK 31 Mod 0 RAM Launchers

2 - MK 46 Mod 1 30mm Machine Guns

2 - MK 26 Mod 17 .50 Cal Machine Guns

Command & Control

AN/SPQ-12(V) Radar Display Dist. Distribution System

MK 2 SSDS

AN/USQ-119C(V)27 JMCIS

AN/KSQ-1 Amphibious Assault Direction System

MK 91, 2 Channel MFCS

AN/USG-2 CEC

Radar Systems

AN/SPS-48E

AN/SPQ-9B

AN/SPS-73

EW & Decoy Systems

AN/SLQ-25A NIXIE

AN/SLQ-32Q(V)2

MK 36 SRBOC

MK 53 / NULKA

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
	442k	San Diego (LPD-22) under construction at Northrop Grumman Ship Systems’ Gulf Coast facilities will be the sixth amphibious transport dock of the San Antonio class. Photo courtesy of the Northrop Grumman Corporation.	Bill Gonyo
	112k	San Diego (LPD-22) on the building ways, 22 March 2010, at Northrop Grumman Ship Systems’ Gulf Coast facilities at Pascagoula, MS. Photo courtesy of the Northrop Grumman Corporation.	Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
	665k	San Diego (LPD-22) launching, 7 May 2010, at Northrop Grumman Ship Systems, Ingalls Shipyard, Pascagoula, MS. facility's floating dry-dock. The ship is now more than 75-percent complete.	Bill Gonyo
	1119k	San Diego (LPD-22) is escorted by tugboats from Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding Ingalls shipyard shortly after being launched in Pascagoula, MS. The sixth San Antonio-class ship will be delivered to the Navy in 2011 and will be homeported in San Diego. Note *USS Gravely* (DDG-107)** in the background. US Navy photo # 100507-N-9999E-001 PASCAGOULA, Miss. (May 7, 2010) courtesy of Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding by Ron Elias.	Lee Wahler
	914k	San Diego (LPD-22) moored pierside at Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding Ingalls Shipyard, Pascagoula, MS., 10 May 2010. Photo by Jarienks, copyright released to public domain usage.	Robert Hurst
	355k	San Diego (LPD-22) completed loading 100,000 gallons of fuel aboard, 6 October 2010, in preparation for lighting off her first generator and later for her first sea trial. The generator light off is scheduled for November 2010 and sea trials are scheduled to begin in the second quarter of 2011. Photo courtesy of Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding	Bill Gonyo
	518k	San Diego (LPD-22) successfully completed Navy acceptance trials the week of 18 November 2011, *San Diego*, the sixth in the LPD 17-class built by Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc.'s Ingalls Shipbuilding division, returned to the yard after a two-day sea trial. Shipbuilders will spend the next month putting the final touches on the vessel before it is delivered in mid-December. Photo courtesy Ingalls Shipbuilding	Bill Gonyo
	1942k	San Diego (LPD-22) visits Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, during her maiden voyage in transit to her future homeport and namesake, San Diego, California. Guantanamo Bay is the first official port visit for *San Diego* since her delivery to the US Navy from Huntington Ingalls shipyard. Upon arrival to her homeport, *San Diego* will continue equipment installation, training and maintenance before her official commissioning ceremony in May 2012. US Navy photo # 120319-N-WW127-192 GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba (March 19, 2012) by MC2 Justin Ailes.	Bill Gonyo
	100k	San Diego (LPD-22) moored pierside at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, circa early April 2012.	Ron Reeves
	84k	San Diego (LPD-22) arrives in her homeport and namesake, 6 April 2012, after completing her maiden voyage from Huntington Ingalls Shipyard in Pascagoula, MS. The sixth San Antonio-class ship was delivered to the Navy Dec. 2011 and will be commissioned 19 May 2012. US Navy photo by MC2 Rosalie Garcia.	Tommy Trampp
	1101k	San Diego (LPD-22) arriving at her homeport, San Diego, CA., for the first time, 6 April 2012	©CAPT. Robert E. Lang USN (Ret.)
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	655k	San Diego (LPD-22) arrives in San Diego for her commissioning ceremony scheduled for May 19. *San Diego* is the fourth ship named for the city and the first to be homeported in San Diego. US Navy photo # 120514-N-LU733-004 SAN DIEGO (May 14, 2012) by MC1 Denny Cantrell.	Lee Wahler
	132k	Photos of *USS San Diego* (LPD-22)** commissioning ceremony on 19 May 2012, at Naval Station San Diego, CA..	Photos by Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
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	155k	Photos of *USS San Diego* (LPD-22)** following her commissioning on 19 May 2012, at Naval Station San Diego, CA..	Photos by David Buell
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140220-N-NI474-233 PACIFIC OCEAN (Feb. 20, 2014)	262k	*USS San Diego* (LPD-22)** conducting an underway recovery test for NASA's Orion crew module. US Navy photo #'s 140220-N-NI474-233 PACIFIC OCEAN (Feb. 20, 2014) by MC2 Daniel M. Young 140220-N-OM642-291 PACIFIC OCEAN (Feb. 20, 2014) by MC1 Gary Keen	Robert M. Cieri
140220-N-OM642-291 PACIFIC OCEAN (Feb. 20, 2014)	188k		Robert M. Cieri
	262k	Navy divers assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU-3) catch tending lines from Sailors aboard *USS San Diego* (LPD-22), to move the test Orion crew module inside the ship's well deck. San Diego** is conducting an underway recovery test for NASA's Orion crew module. US Navy Photo # 140220-N-OM642-453 PACIFIC OCEAN (Feb. 20, 2014) by MC1 Gary Keen	Robert M. Cieri
	114k	An MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to the "Eightballers" of Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Eight (HSC-8) from Naval Base Coronado, lifts off the flight deck of *USS San Diego* (LPD-22)** during an underway recovery test for NASA's Orion crew module. US Navy Photo # 140220-N-OM642-635 PACIFIC OCEAN (Feb. 20, 2014) by MC1 Gary Keen	Robert M. Cieri
	437k	*USS San Diego* (LPD-22) participates in a photo exercise alongside the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD-8), not shown. Makin Island** is in its workup cycle conducting sea qualifications in preparation for its upcoming scheduled deployment. US Navy Photo # 140313-N-GT710-136 PACIFIC OCEAN (March 13, 2014) by MC2 Lawrence Davis	Lee Wahler
	196k	*USS San Diego* (LPD-22)** returns to her homeport at Naval Base San Diego following a seven-month deployment to the U.S. 5th and 7th Fleet areas of responsibility as part of the Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group. US Navy Photo # 150225-N-DH124-069 SAN DIEGO (Feb. 25, 2015) by MC1 Rosalie Chang.	Lee Wahler
	234k	*USS San Diego* (LPD-22)** moored at Naval Base San Diego, CA., 10 October 2015.	Photos by Tommy Trampp
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	982k	Line handlers stand by as *USS San Diego* (LPD-22)** returns to Naval Base San Diego after an extended maintenance period at BAE Systems San Diego Shipyard. US Navy Photo # 151117-N-RC734-042 SAN DIEGO (Nov. 17, 2015) by MC1 Joseph M. Buliavac.	Lee Wahler

USS San Diego Memorabilia
Commissioning Invitation Contributed by David Buell and Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.	Commissioning Ceremony Guest Ticket Contributed by Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.	Commissioning Program Cover Contributed by David Buell and Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.

There is no DANFS history available for USS San Diego (LPD-22) at NavSource

Commanding Officers
01	CDR. Meyers, Kevin P., USN	19 May 2012 - 25 May 2012
02	CAPT. Grotewold, William Robert, USN	25 May 2012 - 7 February 2014
03	CAPT. Menoni, John V., USN	7 February 2014 - 30 July 2015
03	CAPT. Meuser, Carl W., USN	30 July 2015 -


Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
USS San Diego (LPD-22) Historical Chronology
Navy Fact File - Amphibious Transport Dock - LPD
Federation of American Scientists, Military Analysis Network, US Navy Ships
YouTube video of San Diego arriving at San Diego, 6 April 2012

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