USS San Diego on 6 April 2012
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | San Diego |
Namesake | San Diego |
Awarded | 1 June 2006[1] |
Builder | NGSS Ingalls |
Laid down | 23 May 2007[1] |
Launched | 7 May 2010[1] |
Christened | 12 June 2010 |
Commissioned | 19 May 2012[1] |
Homeport | Sasebo[1] |
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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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Beam |
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Draft | 7 m (23 ft) |
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 | 28 officers, 333 enlisted |
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Aircraft carried | Four CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters or two MV-22 tilt rotor aircraft may be launched or recovered simultaneously. |
USS San Diego (LPD-22), a San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock, is the fourth ship of the United States Navy to be named for San Diego, California.