The San Antonio class is a class of amphibious transport docks, also called a "landing platform, dock", used by the United States Navy. These warships replace the Austin-class LPDs, as well as the New
USS San Antonio (L) and USS New York (R) in June 2011
Artist's concept of the San Antonio Class amphibious transport dock ships
USS San Antonio during construction at Avondale, 2002
Port-bow view of USS San Antonio.
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USS San Antonio, the lead ship of her class of amphibious transport dock or landing platform dock, is the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the city of San Antonio, Texas.
San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock
…is being reexamined to add Tomahawk cruise missiles to support Marines ashore with little modification to the combat system. Following the extended problems and incidents experienced by USS San Antonio, the U.S. Department of Defense's Director, Operational Test and Evaluation (DOT&E), stated in 2010 that the ships are…
USS San Antonio underway in the Atlantic Ocean in 2008
USS San Antonio as the CTF-151's flagship