| | DoD News: Navy Commissions Amphibious Transport Dock Ship San Antonio (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24) |
 | | The USS San Antonio is the lead ship in the Navy’s new LPD 17 class that will serve as the functional replacement of four amphibious ship classes, LPD 4, LSD 36, LST 1179 and LKA 113, that have reached or are nearing the end of their service life. |
 | | The USS San Antonio’s shipboard wide area network is a fiber optic shipwide large area computer network, which will support numerous operations including combat systems, ship systems, command and control nodes, and an integrated training system. |
 | | The USS San Antonio also features the advanced enclosed mast/sensor system (AEM/S) that replaces conventional masts, protecting radar and communications antennae from weather and reducing the ship’s vulnerability to detection by hostile radar. |
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