USS San Antonio

USS San Antonio (LPD-17)

USS San Antonio underway in the Atlantic Ocean in 2008
History
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
Identification	MMSI number: 366997034 Callsign: NSAT Pennant number: LPD-17
Motto	Never Retreat, Never Surrender
Status	in active service
Notes	Program cost $18.6 billion[1] Unit cost $1.7 billion (FY 2011)[1]
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General characteristics
Class and type	San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock
Displacement	25,000 tons full
Length	684 ft (208.5 m) overall, 661 ft (201.4 m) waterline
Beam	105 ft (31.9 m) extreme, 97 ft (29.5 m) waterline
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	Two LCACs (air cushion); OR One LCU (conventional)
Capacity	699 (66 officers, 633 enlisted); surge to 800 total.
Complement	363 (28 officers, 335 enlisted)[2]
Electronic warfare & decoys	Radar: AN/SPS-48E, AN/SPQ-9B, AN/SPS-73. EW: AN/SLQ-25A Nixie, AN/SLQ-32A(V)2, Mark 36 SRBOC, MK 53/Nulka.[3]
Armament	Two 30 mm MK46 cannons for surface threat defense Two Rolling Airframe Missile launchers for air defense
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.