Newest amphibious ship named.Secretary of the Navy Gordon R. England announced the name of the Navy's newest amphibious transport dock A ship designed to transport and land troops, equipment, and supplies by means of embarked landing craft, amphibious vehicles, and helicopters. Designated as LPD. ship, San Diego (LPD 22), which honors the long-standing relationship between the Navy and city residents. (An artist's concept of the San Antonio (LPD 17)-class ship is illustrated above.) Three previous ships carried the name: the armored cruiser ACR See riser card. 6 named in 1914, the WW II cruiser CL 53 and the combat stores ship The combat stores ship is a class of United States Navy ship. They provide supplies, including frozen, chilled and dry provisions, and propulsion and aviation fuel to U.S. Navy combatant ships that are at sea for extended periods of time. AFS 6. Northrop Grumman Ship Systems Northrop Grumman Ship Systems (NGSS) is the division of Northrop Grumman Corporation responsible for building small and medium shipping products. A separate sector of Northrop Grumman, Northrop Grumman Newport News, is responsible for nuclear submarines and supercarriers. , Avondale Operations, New Orleans, La., will build the 684-foot ship, which will carry a crew of 360 Navy sailors and 700 Marines. San Diego will give expeditionary strike groups greater speed, ability and reach. EDITED BY WENDY LELAND |
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