USS San Diego (LPD-22)
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| Career |  |
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| Awarded: | 1 June 2006 |
| Laid down: | April 2007 (scheduled) |
| Launched: | 2008 (scheduled) |
| Commissioned: | 2009 (scheduled) |
| Status: | Awarded |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 25,000 tons full |
| Length: | 208.5 m (684 ft) overall, 201.4 m (661 ft) waterline |
| Beam: | 31.9 m (105 feet) extreme, 29.5 m (97 ft) waterline |
| Draft: | 7 m (23 ft) |
| Propulsion: | Four Colt-Pielstick diesel engines, two shafts, 40,000 hp (30 MW) |
| Speed: | 22 knots (41 km/h) |
| Range: | |
| Complement: | 28 officers, 333 enlisted |
| Armament: | Two 30 mm Bushmaster II cannons, for surface threat defense; two Rolling Airframe Missile launchers for air defense |
| Aircraft: | Four CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters or two MV-22 tilt rotor aircraft may be launched or recovered simultaneously. |
| Landing Craft: | Two LCACs (air cushion) or one LCU (conventional); 14 EFVs |
| Troops: | 699 (66 officers, 633 enlisted); surge to 800 total. |
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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. It is designed to deliver a fully-equipped battalion of 699 officers and enlisted men.
Secretary of the Navy Gordon England named the San Diego on April 30, 2004. "San Diego is home to a large number of the Pacific Fleet's ships. For decades our nation's sailors and Marines have begun their service to America at boot camps in San Diego. Thousands of military families and veterans have fallen in love with the area, and are fortunate enough to live and work in San Diego. USS San Diego will project American power to the far corners of the earth and support the cause of freedom well into the 21st century."
[edit] See also
See USS San Diego for other ships of the same name.
[edit] External links
- pms317.navy.mil: USS San Diego
- navsource.org: LPD index
- nvr.navy.mil: USS San Diego
- pms317.navy.mil: USS San Diego
This article includes information collected from the public domain sources Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships and Naval Vessel Register.
Categories: Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships | San Antonio class amphibious transport dock ships | Amphibious warfare vessels of the United States | United States Navy amphibious assault ships | United States Navy proposed ships | United States Navy California-related ships
