_and_USS_New_York_(LPD_21)_are_underway_together_in_the_Atla.jpg) USS San Antonio and USS New York in June 2011
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| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Builders |
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| Operators | United States Navy |
| Preceded by | |
| Cost | |
| Built | 2000–present |
| In commission | 2006–present |
| Planned | 26 (13 for Flight I and 13 for Flight II) |
| On order | 4 |
| Building | 2 |
| Completed | 13 |
| Active | 13 |
| General characteristics [2] | |
| Type | Amphibious transport dock |
| Displacement | 25,300 t (full) |
| Length | 684 ft (208 m) |
| Beam | 105 ft (32 m) |
| Draft | 23 ft (7.0 m), full load |
| Propulsion | Four sequentially turbocharged marine Colt-Pielstick diesel engines, two shafts, 41,600 shp |
| Speed | In excess of 22 knots (25 mph; 41 km/h) |
| Boats & landing craft carried |
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| Complement |
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| Sensors and processing systems | AN/SPS-48G, AN/SPQ-9B[1] |
| Electronic warfare & decoys | AN/SLQ-32[1] |
| Armament |
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| Aircraft carried | Launch 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[update] 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]
- ^ 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)
- ^ a b c d "Amphibious Transport Dock - LPD". U.S. Navy. 21 January 2021.
- ^ "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.