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USS San Antonio (LPD-17)

San Antonio Class Amphibious Transport Dock:
  • Laid down, 9 December 2000, at Northrop Grumman Ship Systems, Avondale Operations, New Orleans, LA.
  • Launched, 12 July 2003
  • commissioned USS San Antonio (LPD-17) January 14, 2006 at Naval Station Ingleside, TX.
  • USS San Antonio will be homeported at Norfolk, VA.
    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
    Flag Staff Accommodations 84
    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 - LP 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
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    San Antonio 132k San Antonio (LPD-17) under construction on her building ways at Northrop Grumman Ship Systems, Avondale, LA.
    US Navy photo # 020830-N-9999T-001 by Spike Thibodeaux, dated 30 August 2002.         		Fabio Peña
    San Antonio 138k San Antonio (LPD-17) under construction on her building ways at Northrop Grumman Ship Systems, Avondale, LA.
    US Navy photo # 020830-N-9999T-002 by Spike Thibodeaux, dated 30 August 2002.         		Fabio Peña
    San Antonio 71k San Antonio (LPD-17) pre-commissioning, 19 July 2003 at Northrop Grumman Ship Systems, Avondale, LA. Timothy McCoy
    San Antonio 69k San Antonio (LPD-17) being towed from Avondale Shipyard New Orleans to NGSS Pascagoula, MS., 23 October 2004 Ed Izzi
    San Antonio 66k San Antonio (LPD-17) being towed from Avondale Shipyard New Orleans to NGSS Pascagoula, MS., 23 October 2004 Ed Izzi
    San Antonio 74k San Antonio (LPD-17) being towed from Avondale Shipyard New Orleans to NGSS Pascagoula, MS., 23 October 2004. Ed Izzi
    San Antonio 94k San Antonio (LPD-17) underway in the Gulf of Mexico for the first time during her initial at-sea testing. San Antonio returned to Northrop Grumman Ship Systems Pascagoula shipyard, 3 May 2005 for resumption of dockside pre-delivery testing and crew training. Photo courtesy of Northrop Grumman Ship Systems, photo # 050429-O-0000X-001. Bill Gonyo
    San Antonio 34k San Antonio (LPD-17) arrives at her new homeport, Naval Station Norfolk, VA., December 12 2005. San Antonio stayed at Norfolk for the 2005 holidays and then sailed to Ingleside, TX. for her commissioning ceremony, January 14, 2006.
    US Navy photo # 051212-N-6639M-001.    		 Tony Cowart
    San Antonio 48k San Antonio (LPD-17) sailors man the rail as the ship arrives at her new homeport, Naval Station Norfolk, VA., December 12 2005.
    US Navy photo # 051212-N-6639M-003.    		 Tony Cowart
    San Antonio 47k San Antonio (LPD-17) arrives at her new homeport, Naval Station Norfolk, VA., December 12 2005, as line handlers stand by to secure the ship to the pier.
    US Navy photo # 051212-N-2736O-058.    		 Tony Cowart
    San Antonio 46k Sailors assigned to USS San Antonio (LPD 17) man the ship, 14 January 2006, officially bringing her to life, during her commissioning ceremony held on board Naval Station Ingleside. Under Navy tradition, Sailors charge aboard the ship, and man the rails signifying ownership.
    US Navy photo # 060114-N-0191T-201.    		 Tony Cowart
    San Antonio 48k Sailors assigned to USS San Antonio (LPD 17) man the ship, officially bringing her to life, during her commissioning ceremony held on board Naval Station Ingleside, 14 January 2006.
    US Navy photo # 060114-N-0191T-223.    		 Tony Cowart
    San Antonio 48k Sailors assigned to USS San Antonio (LPD 17) enjoy a rare honor, and receive the oath of enlistment by the 41st President of the United States, the Honorable George H.W. Bush, following the ship’s commissioning ceremony held on board Naval Station Ingleside, 14 January 2006.
    US Navy photo # 060114-N-0191T-250.    		 Tony Cowart
    San Antonio 58k USS San Antonio (LPD 17) gets assistance from a tugboat as she prepares to moor at her new homeport of Naval Station Norfolk, VA., 25 January 2006 As the first in her class, San Antonio represents a key element of the Navy’s sea base transformation. The San Antonio-class will functionally replace over 41 ships (LPD 4, LSD 36, LKA 113 and LST 1179 classes of amphibious ships) providing the Navy and Marine Corps with modern sea-based platforms.
    US Navy photo # 060125-N-2456T-9005, by PHAA John Suits.    		 Jack Treutle
    San Antonio 49k USS San Antonio (LPD-17) gets assistance from a tugboat as she prepares to moor at her new homeport of Naval Station Norfolk, VA, 25 January 2006.
    US Navy photo # 060125-N-2456S-017 by PHAA John Suits.    		 US Navy Newsstand
    San Antonio 245k Port bow view of USS San Antonio (LPD-17) moored at Naval Station Norfolk, VA., the week of 7 December 2007 Photo by Wendell Royce McLaughlin Jr.
    San Antonio 197k Port broadside view of USS San Antonio (LPD-17) moored at Naval Station Norfolk, VA., the week of 7 December 2007 Photo by Wendell Royce McLaughlin Jr.
    There is no DANFS history available for USS San Antonio (LPD-17) at NavSource
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    USS San Antonio (LPD-17)
    Navy Fact File - Amphibious Transport Dock - LPD
    Federation of American Scientists, Military Analysis Network, US Navy Ships
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