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We are Ships from
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News Release
Navy to Christen Amphibious Transport Dock Ship San Diego
By U.S. Department of Defense
Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs)
6/10/2010 -
The Navy will
christen the newest amphibious transport dock ship, San Diego, Saturday, June
12, 2010, during a 10 a.m. CDT ceremony at Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding
inPascagoula, Miss. The ship is named for the city of San Diego, principal
homeport of the Pacific fleet, and honors the people of “America’s Finest City”
and its leaders for their continuous support of the military.
Gen. James Amos, assistant commandant of the Marine Corps, will deliver the
ceremony’s principal address. Linda Winter, wife of former Secretary of
the Navy Donald Winter, is the sponsor, and in accordance with Navy tradition,
will break a bottle of champagne across the bow to formally christen the ship.
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PASCAGOULA, Miss. (May 7, 2010) The amphibious transport dock ship Pre-Commissioning Unit (PCU) San Diego (LPD 22) is escorted by tugboats from Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding Ingalls shipyard shortly after being launched in Pascagoula, Miss. The sixth San Antonio-class ship will be delivered to the Navy in 2011 and will be homeported in San Diego. (U.S. Navy photo courtesy of Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding by Ron Elias/Released)
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Designated LPD 22, San Diego is the sixth amphibious transport dock ship in the
San Antonio class. As an element of future expeditionary strike groups,
the ship will support the Marine Corps “mobility triad,” which consists of the
landing craft air cushion vehicle, the Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle and the
Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft. San Diego will provide improved warfighting
capabilities, including an advanced command-and-control suite, increased
lift-capability in vehicle and cargo-carrying capacity and advanced
ship-survivability features. The ship is capable of embarking a landing
force of up to 800 Marines.
Three previous ships have carried the name San Diego - an armored cruiser (ACR
6) named in 1914, a World War II-era cruiser (CL 53) commissioned in 1942, and a
combat stores ship (AFS 6) that served from 1969 to 1997.
Cmdr. Jon Haydel, of Houston, is the prospective commanding officer and will
lead a crew of 360 officers and enlisted Navy personnel and three Marines.
The 24,900-ton San Diego is 684 feet in length, has an overall beam of 105 feet,
and a navigational draft of 23 feet. Four turbo-charged diesels power the
ship to sustained speeds of 22 knots.
Media may direct queries to the Navy Office of Information at 703-697-5342.
For additional information about this class of ship, please visit the Navy Fact
File at
http://www.navy.mil/navydata/fact_display.asp?cid=4200&tid=600&ct=4. |
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