USS San Antonio
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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.
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USS San Antonio underway in the Atlantic Ocean in 2008 | |
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United States | |
Name | San Antonio |
Namesake | San Antonio |
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 |
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Motto | Never Retreat, Never Surrender |
Status | in active service |
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General characteristics | |
Class and type | San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock |
Displacement | 25,000 tons full |
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Draft | 23 ft (7 m) |
Propulsion | Four Colt-Pielstick diesel engines, two shafts, 40,000 hp (30 MW) |
Speed | 22 knots (41 km/h) |
Boats & landing craft carried | |
Capacity | 699 (66 officers, 633 enlisted); surge to 800 total. |
Complement | 363 (28 officers, 335 enlisted)[2] |
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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. |
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