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Navy Takes Delivery of Latest LPD

Defense Daily Staff

Friday, December 23rd, 2011

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The Navy took delivery this week of the latest San Antonio-class (LPD-17) amphibious transport dock ship from builder Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII]. The future USS San Diego (LPD-22) is the sixth ship in the class and successfully completed acceptance trials in November. "I'm very proud to take delivery of this vital warfighting asset for the fleet," said Jay Stefany, the Navy’s LPD-17 program manager. "San Diego has performed very well in her testing and trials, and is the most complete…

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