LPD-17 San Antonio

Here are some of the first pics of the real ship. I have also included the specs. Tell me what you think of this new craft.







LPD-17 SAN ANTONIO-class
(formerly LX Class)

Specifications
DIMENSIONS Length, LBP 200.0m 661 ft
Length, Overall 208.5m 684 ft
Beam, Extreme 31.9m 105 ft
Draft, FL 7.0m 23 ft

Displacement Full Load: approx. 25000
PERFORMANCE Sustained Speed, kts ~22
ACCOMMODATIONS Current Configuration

Total Ship Troops Surge Transient
Officers 115 33 66 11 6
CPO/SNCO 82 34 42 6 0
Enlisted 1005 330 591 84 0
Total 1202 396 699 101 6


Initial Configuration

Total Ship Troops Surge
Officers 100 34 66 10
CPO/SNCO 71 30 41 6
Enlisted/Troops 1026 429 597 75
Total 1288 493 704 91


MISSION SYSTEMS Vehicles/Carg (Net):
Three Vehicle Decks (2323 sq m)
Two Cargo/Ammo Magazines (708 cu m)
Cargo Fuel, JP-5 (1190 cu m)
Cargo Fuel, MOGAS (38 cu m)
Two LCACs
Medical:
Two Operating Rooms
24 Person Hospital Ward
100 Casulity Overflow Capacity

AVIATION FACILITIES Hangar: "O" Level Maintenance Facilities for:
One CH-53E, or Two CH-46s, or One MV-22, or Three UH/AH-1s
Landing:

Two CH-53s, or Four AH/UH-1s, or Four CH-46s, or Two MV-22s, or One AV-8B Harrier

MAIN PROPULSION 4 - Medium Speed Turbocharged Marine Diesels
2 - Shafts
2 - Single Reversing Reduction Gears
2 - Inboard Rotating (top) Fixed Pitch Propellers

ELECTRIC PLANT 5 - 2500 KW Ship Service Marine Diesel Generators
5 - Main Ship Service 60 Hz SWBS
3 - Ship Service 400 Hz SWBS
3 - 60 to 400 Hz solid State Frequency changers
Zonal 60 Hz Power distribution system
Advanced Deguassing System

AUXILIARIES 7 - 700 KW Non-CFC Air conditioning Plants
5 - 12000 GPD Reverse Osmosis Desalination Plants
10 - 1000 GPM Navy Standard Firepumps
2 - HP Air Compressors
3 - LP Air Compressors
3 - Deballast Air Compressors

Navigation Digital Flux Gate Magnetic Compass
An/WSN-7(V)1 Inertial Navigation System
AN/WQN-2 Doppler Sonar Velocity Log Sys
AN/UQN-4A Sonar Sounding Set
Dead Reckoning System
Navigation Telex System
AN/SSN-6 NAVSSI
Ships Weapons 1 - MK 41, 16 Cell VLS, (Space & Weight)
2 - MK 31 Mod 0 RAM Launchers
2 - MK 46 Mod 1 30mm Machine Guns
2 - MK 26 Mod 17 .50 Cal Machine Guns
Command & Control: AN/SPQ-12(V) Radar Display Dist. Distribution System
MK 2 SSDS
AN/USQ-119C(V)27 JMCIS
AN/KSQ-1 Amphibious Assault Direction System
MK 91, 2 Channel MFCS
AN/USG-2 CEC
Radar Systems AN/SPS-48E
AN/SPQ-9B
AN/SPS-73
EW & Decoy Systems AN/SLQ-25A NIXIE
AN/SLQ-32Q(V)2
MK 36 SRBOC
MK 53 / NULKA
TISS



[Edited on 21-7-2003 by jetsetter]