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General Characteristics, San Antonio class

Builder: Northrop Grumman Ships Systems, with Raytheon Systems Corporation and Intergraph Corporation.
Propulsion: Four sequentially turbocharged marine Colt-Pielstick Diesels, two shafts, 41,600 shaft horsepower.
Length: 684 feet (208.5 meters).
Beam: 105 feet (31.9 meters).
Displacement: Approximately 24,900 long tons (25,300 metric tons) full load.
Speed: In excess of 22 knots (24.2 mph, 38.7 kph).
Crew: Ship's Company: 360 Sailors (28 officers, 332 enlisted) and 3 Marines.
Embarked Landing Force: 699 (66 officers, 633 enlisted); surge capacity to 800.
Armament: Two Bushmaster II 30 mm Close in Guns, fore and aft; two Rolling Airframe Missile launchers, fore and aft: ten .50 calibre machine guns.
Aircraft: Launch or land two CH53E Super Stallion helicopters or two MV-22 Osprey tilt rotor aircraft or up to four CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters, AH-1 or UH-1 helicopters.
Landing/Attack Craft: Two LCACs or one LCU; and 14 Expeditionary Fighting Vehicles/Amphibious Assault Vehicles.
Ships: USS San Antonio (LPD 17), Norfolk, VA
USS New Orleans (LPD 18), San Diego, CA
USS Mesa Verde (LPD 19), Norfolk, VA
USS Green Bay (LPD 20), San Diego, CA
USS New York (LPD 21), Norfok, VA
San Diego (LPD 22), under construction
Anchorage (LPD 23), under construction
Arlington (LPD 24), under construction
Somerset (LPD 25), under construction

 

 


 


1 posted on 12/11/2009 1:24:28 PM PST by smokingfrog
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To: smokingfrog

Anybody know if the “USNS Somerset” was ordered under a different name? It’s not uncommon for ships to change names between the time they are ordered & the time that they are actually delivered to the Navy (commissioning). The lead-ship of the class — USS San Antonio — indicates an intention to name the ships after major cities. Naming this particular ship after a rural county seems a significant departure from that pattern. I’m not criticizing; just curious.


2 posted on 12/11/2009 1:37:38 PM PST by Tallguy ("The sh- t's chess, it ain't checkers!" -- Alonzo (Denzel Washington) in "Training Day")
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To: stylecouncilor

LPD ping


3 posted on 12/11/2009 1:38:03 PM PST by onedoug
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