ÿþ<HTML> <HEAD> <META NAME="keyword" content="US Navy, USN-21, 21st Cnetury Navy, US NAvy 21st Cnetury, New US Navy Major COmbatants, New US Nay Vessels, Modern US Navy Vessels, Jeff Head, Naval Power, Dragon's Fury Series, USN, NSSN, LCS, CVN-21, LPD-17, DDG-1000, LHA(R), Gerald R. 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This means that for Amphibious Assault, the San Antonio class operations can begin well "over-the-horizon" (OTH), as far as 600 miles from an adversary's coastline, and ensure the ability to "reach out and touch someone" hundreds of miles inland, at rapid speeds. <p> The San Antonio Class is designed to support embarking, transporting, and landing elements of a Marine landing force in an assault by helicopters, landing craft, amphibious vehicles, and by a combination of these methods to conduct primary amphibious warfare missions. As such the San Antonio class has been designed and built to fight. Its warfighting capabilities include a state-of-the-art command and control suite, substantially increased vehicle lift capacity, a large flight deck, and advanced ship survivability features that enhance its ability to operate in the unforgiving littoral environment. <p> The heart of the ship's defensive capability is a quick reaction Ship Self-Defense System (SSDS) that correlates sensor information, provides threat identification and evaluation, assesses own-ship defense readiness, and recommends optimal tactical defense responses against anti-ship missile and aircraft attacks in a cluttered conflict environment. <p> The LPD-17 class is the first class of U.S. Navy ships to be equipped with a fiber-optic Shipboard Wide Area Network (SWAN). The SWAN connects all ship systems, combat systems, sensors, and command and control nodes with the ship's warfighting consoles to provide the essential real-time decision-making information required for fighting the ship effectively. <p> Te 1st of class, the USS San Antonio, LPD-17 was commissioned in January 2006. Since that time, eight more vessels have been launched, the last of which was the USS Somerset, LDP-25 in Mayy of 2012. A total of 12 vessels are planned. </td> <td align=center valign=top> <a href="http://www.jeffhead.com/worldwideaircraftcarriers/sanantonio-17.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.jeffhead.com/worldwideaircraftcarriers/sanantonio-17.jpg" width=490></a><br> <a href="http://www.jeffhead.com/worldwideaircraftcarriers/sanantonio-18.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.jeffhead.com/worldwideaircraftcarriers/sanantonio-18.jpg" width=490></a><br> <a href="http://www.jeffhead.com/worldwideaircraftcarriers/sanantonio-19.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.jeffhead.com/worldwideaircraftcarriers/sanantonio-19.jpg" width=490></a><br> <a href="http://www.jeffhead.com/worldwideaircraftcarriers/sanantonio-20.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.jeffhead.com/worldwideaircraftcarriers/sanantonio-20.jpg" width=490></a><br> <a href="http://www.jeffhead.com/worldwideaircraftcarriers/sanantonio-21.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.jeffhead.com/worldwideaircraftcarriers/sanantonio-21.jpg" width=490></a><br> <a href="http://www.jeffhead.com/worldwideaircraftcarriers/sanantonio-22.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.jeffhead.com/worldwideaircraftcarriers/sanantonio-22.jpg" width=490></a><br> <a href="http://www.jeffhead.com/worldwideaircraftcarriers/sanantonio-23.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.jeffhead.com/worldwideaircraftcarriers/sanantonio-23.jpg" width=490></a><br> <a href="http://www.jeffhead.com/worldwideaircraftcarriers/sanantonio-24.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.jeffhead.com/worldwideaircraftcarriers/sanantonio-24.jpg" width=490></a><br> <a href="http://www.jeffhead.com/worldwideaircraftcarriers/sanantonio-25.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.jeffhead.com/worldwideaircraftcarriers/sanantonio-25.jpg" width=490></a><br> <a href="http://www.jeffhead.com/worldwideaircraftcarriers/sanantonio-91.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.jeffhead.com/worldwideaircraftcarriers/sanantonio-91.jpg" width=490></a><br> <a href="http://www.jeffhead.com/worldwideaircraftcarriers/sanantonio-92.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.jeffhead.com/worldwideaircraftcarriers/sanantonio-92.jpg" width=490></a><br> <a href="http://www.jeffhead.com/worldwideaircraftcarriers/sanantonio-93.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.jeffhead.com/worldwideaircraftcarriers/sanantonio-93.jpg" width=490></a><br> <a href="http://www.jeffhead.com/worldwideaircraftcarriers/sanantonio-94.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.jeffhead.com/worldwideaircraftcarriers/sanantonio-94.jpg" width=490></a><br> <a href="http://www.jeffhead.com/worldwideaircraftcarriers/sanantonio-95.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.jeffhead.com/worldwideaircraftcarriers/sanantonio-95.jpg" width=490></a><br> <a href="http://www.jeffhead.com/worldwideaircraftcarriers/sanantonio-96.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.jeffhead.com/worldwideaircraftcarriers/sanantonio-96.jpg" width=490></a><br> <a href="http://www.jeffhead.com/worldwideaircraftcarriers/sanantonio-97.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.jeffhead.com/worldwideaircraftcarriers/sanantonio-97.jpg" width=490></a><br> <a href="http://www.jeffhead.com/worldwideaircraftcarriers/sanantonio-98.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.jeffhead.com/worldwideaircraftcarriers/sanantonio-98.jpg" width=490></a><br> <a href="http://www.jeffhead.com/worldwideaircraftcarriers/sanantonio-99.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.jeffhead.com/worldwideaircraftcarriers/sanantonio-99.jpg" width=490></a> </td></tr></table> <table border="1" width=800 cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1"> <tr><td colspan=5><center><u>OTHER NAVAL LINKS BY JEFFHEAD</u>: <p> <font size=-1> <a href="http://www.jeffhead.com/worldwideaircraftcarriers/">World-wide Aircraft Carriers</a> - <a href="http://www.jeffhead.com/aegisvesselsoftheworld/">AEGIS Vessels of the World</a> - <a href="http://www.jeffhead.com/redseadragon/">The Rising Sea Dragon in Asia</a> - <a href="http://www.jeffhead.com/rocnvsplan/">ROCN vs PLAN</a> - <a href="http://www.jeffhead.com/usnavyfavoritepics/">25 Favorite US Navy Pics</a></font></center> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan=5> <a href="http://www.jeffhead.com/about.htm">Jeff Head</a> is a member of the US Naval Insitute who has many years experience in the power, defense, and computer industries. He currently works for the federal government helping maintain regional infrastructure. He is the author of a self-published military techno-thriller called, "Dragon's Fury," that projects a fictional third world war arising out of current events. 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