USS San Antonio (LPD-17)
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USS San Antonio underway in the Atlantic Ocean in 2008.
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| Name: | USS San Antonio |
| Namesake: | The city of San Antonio, Texas |
| Awarded: | 17 December 1996 |
| Builder: | Northrop Grumman Ship Systems |
| Laid down: | 9 December 2000 |
| Launched: | 12 July 2003 |
| Sponsored by: | Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison |
| Commissioned: | 14 January 2006 |
| Homeport: | Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia, U.S. |
| Motto: | "Never Retreat, Never Surrender" |
| Status: | in active service |
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| Class and type: | San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock |
| Displacement: | 25,000 tons full |
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| Draft: | 7 m (23 ft) |
| Propulsion: | Four Colt-Pielstick diesel engines, two shafts, 40,000 hp (30 MW) |
| Speed: | 22 knots (41 km/h) |
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| Capacity: | 699 (66 officers, 633 enlisted); surge to 800 total. |
| Complement: | 363 (28 officers, 335 enlisted) |
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| Aircraft carried: | Four MH-60S Seahawk (Knighthawk) helicopters or two MV-22 tilt rotor aircraft may be launched or recovered simultaneously. |
USS San Antonio (LPD-17), the lead ship of her class of amphibious transport dock or landing platform dock, is the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the city of San Antonio, Texas. The ship is designed to deliver up to 800 U.S. Marines ashore by landing craft and helicopters.
San Antonio is the first U.S. Navy vessel to incorporate new crew comfort features, including bunks with increased headroom, in-rack fans, and pull-out laptop computer shelves. She is also the largest U.S. Navy vessel to incorporate stealth features, with close attention paid to exterior shaping.
Major antennae are mounted on platforms inside two Advanced Enclosed Mast/Sensor systems rather than on traditional mast yardarms which are exposed to the environment.
Deck edges are bounded by shaped bulwarks rather than lifeline stanchions. These bulwarks are hollow and double as storage lockers, eliminating locker clutter on decks.
Exterior equipment is recessed or flush-mounted where possible, giving the ship a clean exterior appearance. Any equipment that cannot be flush-mounted (such as ladders) incorporate shaping features of their own.
The boat-handling crane at the center of the ship folds into a clean shape when not in use.
The anchor and anchor pocket are shaped to minimize radar backscatter.
The construction contract was awarded on 17 December 1996 to Northrop Grumman Ship Systems of New Orleans, Louisiana and the keel was laid down on 9 December 2000. The ship was launched on 12 July 2003 and christened on 19 July by Texas Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison. She was originally scheduled to be commissioned 17 July 2002, but was delayed by poor performance at the Avondale shipyard, which resulted in her being towed from New Orleans to the Northrop Grumman shipyard at Pascagoula, Mississippi, in December 2004 for completion. The ship was unable to move under her own power at that time, despite having been christened more than a year earlier.
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