San Antonio Sınıfı LPD (San Antonio Class LPD)

18 Mart 2012, 00:04:43

San Antonio Sınıfı LPD (San Antonio Class LPD)

LPD-17 San Antonio
LPD-18 New Orleans
LPD-19 Mesa Verde
LPD-20 Green Bay
LPD-21 New York
LPD-22 San Diego
LPD-23 Anchorage
LPD-24 Arlington
LPD-25 Somerset
LPD-26 John P. Murtha

USS Mesa Verde LPD-19

Builders:    Northrop Grumman Ship Systems
Operators:    United States Navy
Preceded by:    Trenton-class amphibious transport dock, Austin-class amphibious transport dock, Cleveland-class amphibious transport dock, Anchorage-class dock landing ship, Newport-class tank landing ship, Charleston-class amphibious cargo ship
Succeeded by:    N/A—current authorized amphibious transport dock line
Cost:    Between $1,282 million and $1,923 million[1]
Built:    2000–present
In commission:    2006–present
Building:    5
Planned:    12
Active:    5
General characteristics
Type:    Amphibious transport dock
Displacement:    24,900 t
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 (41 km/h)
Boats and landing
craft carried:    2× LCACs (air cushion); or
1× LCU (conventional)
14× Expeditionary Fighting Vehicles/Amphibious Assault Vehicles
Complement:    Crew: 28 officers, and 333 enlisted
Landing force: 66 officers, and 633 enlisted
Armament:    2× Bushmaster II 30 mm Close in Guns
2× Rolling Airframe Missile launchers
2× Mk 41 8 Cell VLS for quad-packed ESSMs (if required)
Several twin M2 Browning Machine Gun turrets
Aircraft carried:    Launch or land up to four CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters; or up to two MV-22 Osprey tilt rotor aircraft simultaneously with room to spot four MV-22s on deck and one in the hangar

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