I see what you saying but the problems with San Antonio have been going on for over five years now with no end in sight. I seems to be beyond the expected teething problems of a new ship class.
On the side, I can’t imagine seeing the Newport-class as the new guys on the block. I was on Bristol County (LST-1198) in the mid-80s and decommissioned San Bernardino (LST-1189) in ‘95. I got my OOD underway letter on the latter because they were trying to run as many JOs through EOOW as possible before decommissioning. Had an entirely enlisted bridge/CIC watch team.
It is also hard for me to imagine the 1179’s as the new kids. The Westchester County served the U.S. Navy for twenty years, the Turkish navy for thirty years, and rests on the bottom of the Mediterranean as part of a new reef after fifty years of total service. I guess we have to accept we are becoming living antiques.