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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-class amphibious cargo ships that have already been ...
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. Construction
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), [1] is an amphibious warfare ship, a warship that embarks, transports, and lands elements of a landing force for expeditionary warfare missions. [2]
The US Navy will name a new amphibious warship after Travis Manion, a Marine killed in combat in Iraq. The USS Travis Manion will be a San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship.
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.
San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ©OlegAlbinsky / iStock Unreleased via Getty Images. Number of boats: 11. The San Antonio class’s LPD hull designation stands for “landing paddock ...
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. [5] [1] Naming
A San Antonio–class amphibious transport dock named after a former Bainbridge Island resident will be commissioned in September. A San Antonio–class amphibious transport dock named after a ...