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USS SAN ANTONIO (LPD 17) ARRIVES AT NAVAL STATION INGLESIDE ON 9 JANUARY 2006

USS SAN ANTONIO approaching through the Corpus Christi Ship Channel

USS SAN ANTONIO slows near NSI basin

USS SAN ANTONIO nears the pier at Naval Station Ingleside

The first mooring lines secure USS SAN ANTONIO

Gang-way being placed after mooring

The crew proudly hangs the ship's banner

Photos by Webmaster Roger Wright

January 3, 2006 - Press release from Naval Station Ingleside - Click here

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USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69)

San Antonio (LPD-17) sails away from Pascagoula Shipyard.

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5 October 2005 - Congratulations on the promotion to Captain Jonathan M. Padfield.

USS San Antonio in action after Hurricane "Katrina"

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From Navy Recruiting District San Antonio - September 19, 2005

     USS San Antonio (LPD 17) Weathers Hurricane Katrina and Aftermath Like No Other - Click here for complete story 

USS San Antonio's crew responds to disaster

     Story and Photos by JO3 Anthony C. Tornetta - Click here for complete story

The crew tend to lines and cleanup the pier as CO Cdr. Jon Padfield stands atop some of the debris left by Hurricane Katrina.

From NAVSEA Newswire - 15 September 2005

     SEP15: San Antonio Withstands Katrina's Best, Assists in Recovery Ops By Program Executive Office, Ships Public Affairs - Click here for complete story

From NAVSEA - 30 August 2005

     USS San Antonio Steps Mast - Click here for complete story

Crew Moves aboard - 25 August 2005

SETTLING INTO SHIPBOARD ROUTINES -- During crew move-aboard on Thursday, August 25, Navy Cdr. John Padfield, prospective commanding officer for San Antonio (LPD 17), moves through the chow line as the first in-service meal is dished up. The ship was officially delivered to the Navy on July 20, by the builder, Northrop Grumman Corporation's (NYSE:NOC) Ship Systems, and is the first in the class of technologically advanced amphibious transport dock ships providing enhanced survivability, state-of-the-art command-and control-capability, automated systems, modernized mission stations and enhanced ergonomics, which will greatly improve the quality of life at sea for the Sailors and Marines.
 

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