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The Fleet Week, New York City 2003
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Features: The amphibious transports are used to transport and land Marines, their equipment and supplies by embarked air cushion or conventional landing craft or amphibious vehicles, augmented by helicopters or vertical take off and landing aircraft in amphibious assault, special operations, or expeditionary warfare missions.
Background: These versatile ships perform the mission of amphibious transports, amphibious cargo ships and the older LPDs by incorporating both a flight deck and a well deck that can be ballasted and deballasted to support landing craft or amphibious vehicles. The Navy's newest class of ship, San Antonio (LPD 17), is scheduled to replace the older LPD 4 class and its increased vehicle and substantial cargo carrying capacity will make it a key element of 21st Century Amphibious Ready Groups, Expeditionary Strike Groups, or Joint task forces. The 12 ships of the class integrate the latest in shipbuilding and warfighting technologies to support current and future Marine Corps aircraft, the Advanced Amphibious Assault Vehicles (AAAVs) and air cushion or conventional landing craft. The Navy announced the contract award for LPD-17 on Dec. 17, 1996. The LPD 17 will be a highly reliable, warfare capable ship and the most survivable amphibious ship ever put to sea. The design incorporates state-of-the-art self-defense capabilities; Command & Control, Communications, Computers, and Intelligence (C4I); and reduced radar cross-section signature technologies. Reduced operational costs and an improved capability to incorporate technological advances over its 40-year service life are also essential design objectives. The Advanced Enclosed Mast/Sensors, which enclose the ship's radars and communications antennas, characterize the ship's distinctive profile. The ship's ability to carry Landing Craft, Air Cushioned (LCACs) and AAAVs, the Shipboard Wide Area Network with over 762 fiber optic drops, Total Ship's Training System, Integrated Bridge System, Engineering Control System, and Damage Control System all serve to ensure that Sailors and Marines will be able to fully perform their expeditionary warfare missions. LPD 17 also incorporates the latest quality of life standards for the embarked Marines and Sailors, including the sit-up berth, ship services mall, and Learning Resource Center/Electronic Classroom with the flexibility to accommodate mixed gender Sailors and Marines as part of the crew and embarked troops. In addition the LPD 17 design team has incorporated hundreds of suggestions and recommendations from more than 2,500 Sailors and Marines in the Design for Ownership process to ensure that LPD 17 will meet their needs throughout the first half of the 21st Century.
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