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San Diego landing platform dock (LPD-22) completes Navy trials |
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The
amphibious transport dock San Diego—also called LPD 22—has
successfully completed its Navy acceptance trials, Ingalls Shipbuilding
said. Shipbuilders will spend the next month putting the final touches
on the LPD 17-class vessel to be delivered in mid-December
San Diego will be homeported in its namesake city, joining USS New Orleans
and USS Green Bay.
The San Diego completed a two-day sea trial on Thursday, the
shipyard said Friday. |
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San Antonio-class
landing platform dock USS San Diego (LPD-22)
(picture: US Navy)
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Sea trials test the ship's main
propulsion, steering, communications suite and deck missions systems.
Tests on anchor handling, ballasting/de-ballasting the well deck and ventilation
systems were also performed at sea.
"It's amazing what 25,000 tons of steel can do sailing through the
Gulf of Mexico," said Doug Lounsberry, vice president and program
manager of the LPD 17 program.
The 684-foot-long vessel's primary mission is to transport up to 800 Marines,
their fighting vehicles and aircraft.
It is the sixth in the LPD 17-class built by Huntington Ingalls Industries
Inc.'s Ingalls Shipbuilding division.
From: mercury news |