USS San Diego (LPD-22)
| 250px San Diego under construction | |
| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Namesake: | The City of San Diego, California |
| Awarded: | 1 June 2006 |
| Builder: | NGSS Ingalls |
| Laid down: | 23 May 2007 |
| Launched: | 7 May 2010 |
| Christened: | 12 June 2010 |
| Commissioned: | 2011 (scheduled) |
| Homeport: | Naval Base San Diego (planned) |
| Motto: | Semper Vigilans ("Always vigilant") |
| Status: | Under construction |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock |
| Displacement: | 25,000 tons full |
| Length: |
208.5 m (684 ft) overall, 201.4 m (661 ft) waterline |
| Beam: |
31.9 m (105 ft) 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) |
| Boats and landing craft carried: |
Two LCACs (air cushion) or one LCU (conventional); 14 EFVs |
| Capacity: | 699 (66 officers, 633 enlisted); surge to 800 total. |
| 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 carried: | Four CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters or two MV-22 tilt rotor aircraft may be launched or recovered simultaneously. |
PCU 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. The city is the home of Naval Base San Diego, the Navy's largest base in the Pacific, and Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, the United States Marine Corps' west coast recruit training center. The ship is designed to deliver a fully-equipped Marine battalion of 699 officers and enlisted men.
Secretary of the Navy Gordon R. England named the San Diego on 30 April 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. | ” |
San Diego's keel was laid down on 23 May 2007, at Northrop Grumman's Ingalls shipyard in Pascagoula, Mississippi. She launched on 7 May 2010,[1] and christened on 12 June, sponsored by Linda Winter, wife of former Navy Secretary Donald C. Winter.[2][3]
Notes
- ↑ "Future USS San Diego (LPD 22) Launched". Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) Public Affairs. 18 May 2010. http://www.public.navy.mil/surfor/lpd22/Pages/FutureUSSSanDiego%28LPD22%29Launched.aspx. Retrieved 2010-06-12.
- ↑ "Photo Release -- U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps Leadership Join Forces to Christen the Northrop Grumman-built San Diego (LPD 22)". Northrop Grumman Corporation. 12 June 2010. http://www.marketwatch.com/story/photo-release-us-navy-and-us-marine-corps-leadership-join-forces-to-christen-the-northrop-grumman-built-san-diego-lpd-22-2010-06-12?reflink=MW_news_stmp. Retrieved 2010-06-12.
- ↑ "June 2010". Special Events Blog. Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding (NGSB). http://ngshipbuilding.blogspot.com/2010_06_01_archive.html. Retrieved 2010-06-12.
External links
- "PCU San Diego (LPD-22)" (official website). U.S. Navy. http://www.san-diego.navy.mil/default.aspx. Retrieved 2010-06-12.
- Priolo, Gary P. (11 June 2010). "USS San Diego (LPD-22)". Amphibious Photo Archive. NavSource Naval History. http://www.navsource.org/archives/10/09/0922.htm. Retrieved 2010-06-12.
- This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain. The entry can be found here.
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