San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock

Class overview
Builders
OperatorsUnited States Navy
Preceded by
Cost
  • $1.602 billion (ave. for class, FY2012)[1]
  • $2.021 billion (last ship, FY2012)[1]
Built2000–present
In commission2006–present
Planned26 (13 for Flight I and 13 for Flight II)
On order4
Building2
Completed13
Active13
General characteristics [2]
TypeAmphibious transport dock
Displacement25,300 t (full)
Length684 ft (208 m)
Beam105 ft (32 m)
Draft23 ft (7.0 m), full load
PropulsionFour sequentially turbocharged marine Colt-Pielstick diesel engines, two shafts, 41,600 shp
SpeedIn excess of 22 knots (25 mph; 41 km/h)
Boats & landing
craft carried
Complement
  • Crew: 28 officers, and 333 enlisted sailors
  • Landing force: 66 officers, and 633 enlisted troops
Sensors and
processing systems
AN/SPS-48G, AN/SPQ-9B[1]
Electronic warfare
& decoys
AN/SLQ-32[1]
Armament
Aircraft carriedLaunch or land up to two MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft simultaneously with room to place four MV-22s on the flight deck and one in the hangar deck

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-class amphibious cargo ships that have already been retired.[2]

Twelve ships of the San Antonio class were originally proposed, their original target price was US$890 million;[3] as built, their average cost is $1.6 billion.[1] Defense Authorization for Fiscal Year 2015 included partial funding for the twelfth San Antonio-class ship. As of December 2022 eleven warships of this class were in service with the U.S. Navy, with an additional three ships under construction.[2] The Navy decided in 2018 to produce a second flight of 13 planned LPD Flight II ships, for a total of 26 in the LPD 17 class; LPD 30, Harrisburg, is the first Flight II ship.[2]

  1. ^ a b c d e "DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY FISCAL YEAR (FY) 2013 BUDGET ESTIMATES Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy" (PDF). Department of the Navy. February 2012. p. 13-1. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 February 2013. Retrieved 10 January 2013. LPD-27 is the last scheduled member of the class, bought with $2.021B (FY2012)
  2. ^ a b c d "Amphibious Transport Dock - LPD". U.S. Navy. 21 January 2021.
  3. ^ "LPD-17 Selected Acquisition Report (SAR)" (PDF). Department of Defense. 31 December 2011. p. 21. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 February 2013. Retrieved 10 January 2013.