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Friday, October 15, 2010

U.S. Navy Amphib San Antonio To Miss Deployment

LPD-17 classThe U.S. Navy amphibious transport ship San Antonio, sidelined all year for repairs to the engineering plant, will miss a scheduled deployment next year in order to complete the work, U.S. Fleet Forces Command (USFF) said in a statement released late Oct. 14.

San Antonio's sister ship, Mesa Verde, which returned in August from a seven-month, 35,000-mile deployment to the Persian Gulf, will take the San Antonio's place and deploy next summer with the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group, USFF said.

Problems have plagued the San Antonio since the ship was delivered in August 2005 from Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding.

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