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  • Huntington Ingalls Industries showcases its Ballistic Missile Defense ship based on LPD 17 class

    04/15/2014 11:30:11 PM PDT · by sukhoi-30mki · 6 replies
    Navy Recognition ^ | 09 April 2014
    At the Sea-Air-Space 2014 Exposition, Huntington Ingalls Industries has on display its Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) concept ship. Based on the "Flight II" variant of the San Antonio LPD class, the BMD ship is Ingalls Industries vision of a surface platform dedicated to BMD missions. A single BMD ship could replace and accomplish ballistic missile defense missions of several Burke class destroyers allowing them to conduct their "traditional" missions. HII's BMD ship at Sea-Air-Space 2014 Speaking to Navy Recognition during Sea-Air-Space 2014, Mike Duthu (Director of LPD Program at Ingals Shipbuilding) explained the growth potential for a BMD configured LPD...
  • UPDATE 1-Northrop warship gets failing combat grade from U.S.

    11/02/2010 9:34:47 AM PDT · by sukhoi-30mki · 20 replies
    Reuters ^ | 10/29/2010 | Jim Wolf
    UPDATE 1-Northrop warship gets failing combat grade from U.S. LPD-17 assessed as not "not effective, not suitable" * Blow to Northrop as it looks to sell shipbuilding unit * Reasons for assessment are classified By Jim Wolf WASHINGTON, Oct 29 (Reuters) - A $1 billion-plus warship developed by Northrop Grumman Corp (NOC.N) is ineffective and unsuitable for combat, according to the Pentagon, dealing a blow to the company as it looks to sell its shipbuilding unit. Michael Gilmore, the Pentagon's top weapons tester, assessed the LPD-17 amphibious warfare ship as being "not effective, not suitable, and not survivable in a...
  • New Navy ship San Antonio found to be rife with flaws

    04/14/2007 6:41:37 PM PDT · by GATOR NAVY · 110 replies · 2,753+ views
    The Virginian-Pilot ^ | 14 April 07 | LOUIS HANSEN
    NORFOLK - The new amphibious ship San Antonio failed to complete a series of sea trials in late March, and faces $36 million in repairs during the next three months. The Norfolk-based ship, the first of a new generation of helicopter and troop transports, could not be sea-tested during a five-day inspection period because one of its two steering systems completely failed, the Navy announced late Friday afternoon. Navy inspectors found major defects in three of 17 categories during a final comprehensive review of the ship March 26-30 at Norfolk Naval Station. The San Antonio stayed in port for five...
  • USS San Antonio Arrives in Norfolk

    01/26/2006 4:49:50 PM PST · by SandRat · 5 replies · 495+ views
    Navy NewsStand ^ | Jan 26, 2006 | Journalist 1st Class (SW) Stefanie Holzeisen-Mullen
    NORFOLK, Va. (NNS) -- Family and friends greeted the arrival of the Navy’s newest ship, the amphibious transport dock USS San Antonio (LPD 17), as it arrived to its homeport of Naval Station Norfolk, Jan. 25. San Antonio was commissioned Jan. 14 at Naval Station Ingleside, Texas, and will be permanently homeported in Norfolk. “After a magnificent commissioning in Ingleside (Texas), it will feel good for the Sailors on San Antonio to get home,” said San Antonio’s Commanding Officer, Cmdr. Bradley Lee. The San Antonio-class will functionally replace more than 41 ships (LPD 4, LSD 36, LKA 113, and LST...
  • USS San Antonio (LPD 17) has undergone initial Sea Trials

    05/15/2005 1:17:08 PM PDT · by Jeff Head · 91 replies · 4,458+ views
    US Navy fact Sheet, Northrup Grumman, Navy Technology | 15 May 2005 | Jeff Head
    USS San Antonio (LPD 17) on Sea Trials in the Gulf of Mexico The first ship of class, the USS San Antonio (LPD 17) set sale into the Gulf of Mexico on April 29, 2005, to undergo sea trials and returned on May 3, 2005. This is the first picture available of her sailing and comes from the Northup Grumman site. She represents our latest generation of medium sized (as compared to the much larger Wasp LHD class) Amphibious Assault ships for the 21st century. Her lift capabilities, her self defense capabilities, and her electronic, sensors, maintenance and battle...