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The San Antonio class is a class of amphibious transport docks, also called a "landing platform, dock" (LPD), used by the United States Navy. These warships replace the Austin -class LPDs (including Cleveland and Trenton sub-classes), as well as the Newport -class tank landing ships, the Anchorage -class dock landing ships, and the Charleston ...
USS Somerset (LPD-25) is a San Antonio -class amphibious transport dock of the United States Navy. [1] It is the fourth United States Navy vessel and the second warship to bear this name, the first two being a wooden-hulled motorboat and a ferry. The first warship, an armed cargo ship from World War II, was named for the Somerset counties of ...
Aircraft carried. Launch or land. two CH-53E Super Stallion. two MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft. four CH-46 Sea Knight. four AH-1 SeaCobra or. four UH-1 Iroquois helicopters. USS New York (LPD-21) is a San Antonio -class amphibious transport dock, and the fifth ship of the United States Navy named after the state of New York.
The interior configuration of the United States Navy's San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock shows features common to most LPDs. An amphibious transport dock, also called a landing platform dock (LPD), is an amphibious warfare ship, a warship that embarks, transports, and lands elements of a landing force for expeditionary warfare missions.
2003. USS San Antonio was built by Northrop Grumman Ship Systems in New Orleans, the 684-foot, 25,000-ton vessel was launched on 12 July 2003, and christened one week later. It had been scheduled to be commissioned on 17 July 2002, but was delayed by poor performance at the Avondale shipyard, which resulted in it being towed from New Orleans to ...
2 × CH-53E Super Stallions. or 4 × UH-1Y Venoms/AH-1J SeaCobras. or 4 × CH-46 Sea Knights. or 2 × MV-22 Ospreys. or 1 × AV-8B Harrier. USS Anchorage (LPD-23) is a San Antonio -class amphibious transport dock and the second ship of the United States Navy to be namesake of the U.S. city of Anchorage, Alaska .
699 (66 officers, 633 enlisted); surge to 800 total. Four CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters or two MV-22 tilt rotor aircraft may be launched or recovered simultaneously. USS Mesa Verde (LPD-19) is the third San Antonio -class amphibious transport dock of the United States Navy. She is the first U.S. Navy warship to be named after the Mesa Verde ...
Armament. 2 × 30 mm Bushmaster II guns for surface threat defense; 2 × RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile launchers for air defense & missile defense. USS New Orleans (LPD-18), a San Antonio -class amphibious transport dock, is the fourth commissioned ship of the United States Navy to be named after the city of New Orleans, Louisiana .