[Darksheare]

OOg.*wincing*
I don't like that idea.

[wyattearp]

She's not totally unarmed, but it ain't much. She also doesn't appear to have any EW (Electronic Warfare) gear, and that bothers me.

Ship Characteristics

Length 684 feet (208.5 meters)
Beam 105 feet (31.9 meters)
Displacement Approximately 24,900 tons full load
Speed In excess of 22 knots (24.2 mph)
Aircraft Four CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters or two MV-22 tilt rotor aircraft may be launched or recovered simultaneously. The ship’s hangar can store 1-2 aircraft.
Armament Two 30 mm Close-in-Guns, for surface threat defense; two Rolling Airframe Missile launchers for air defense
Landing Craft Two LCACs (air cushion) or one LCU (conventional) AAAVs 14 Marine Corps Advanced Amphibious Assault Vehicles
Power plant Four Colt-Pielstick diesel engines, two shafts, 40,000 Hp Crew 361 (28 officers, 333 enlisted)
Troops 699 (66 officers, 633 enlisted); surge to 800 total.

For more information about the future USS San Antonio and other San Antonio LPD 17 class ships, go to (USS San Antonio LPD 17 Fact Sheet)

[tarawa]

Yes, but even from just looking at those pictures, it's still better defended than the current gator freighters. On my last ship (can you guess the name....?) about the only thing we could have done would be to have the Marines man the rails with their M-16s.