The US Navy has completed factory testing of a new USS Portland transport dock (LPD 27).

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Huntington Ingalls Industries has completed factory testing of a new USS Portland transport dock (LPD 27) for the US Navy. The ship will join the Navy next year, reports "Warspot" with a link to the portal navaltoday.com

USS Portland is the eleventh of the twelve ordered landing ships of the San Antonio type, which are capable of transporting soldiers along with equipment (amphibious assault ships, amphibious armored personnel carriers, helicopters and converters), and are intended to replace the amphibious dock transports of the Cleveland and Trenton types.

The US Navy has completed factory testing of a new USS Portland transport dock (LPD 27).

Computer model ship type San Antonio


USS Portland was laid in August 2013 of the year, and in February last year it came off the stocks. Already by the end of the summer, the US Navy plans to carry out ship acceptance tests, and at the beginning of next year, USS Portland should be operational. The length of the ship is 208 m, the width is 32 m, the draft at full load does not exceed 7 m. The ship with a displacement of 25 300 t is capable of speeding up to 20 nodes (41 km / h) and can simultaneously carry two amphibious assault ships on an LCACS airbag, one LCU landing craft, fourteen amphibious armored personnel carriers and at least 700 paratroopers. In addition, in its stern part there is a helipad, on which up to four helicopters or two convertible planes MV-22В Osprey can be based. The crew of the transport dock consists of 350 people.



Ships of the San Antonio type have only defensive armament: two Mk44 Bushmaster II guns of caliber 30 mm, two Mk 41 rocket launchers designed to engage air targets, as well as several twin machine guns M2 Browning. The cost of building one ship of the San Antonio type is $ 1,6 billion. In the future, the US Defense Department plans to install offensive weapons on ships of this class.
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  1. +5
    7 July 2017 11: 42
    Here are the bastards, how to bake pies ...
    Who cares, our ships under construction on 01.01.2017/XNUMX/XNUMX:
    1. +3
      7 July 2017 11: 52
      And the ship's composition on 01.01.2017/XNUMX/XNUMX:
      1. +1
        7 July 2017 11: 53
        And the strategists on 01.01.2017/XNUMX/XNUMX:
        1. +5
          7 July 2017 12: 19
          Quote: Samaritan
          And strategists


          wink
        2. 0
          7 July 2017 12: 26
          where are the tablets from? share a link to the source
    2. 0
      7 July 2017 18: 42
      The volume of construction of the Russian Federation is not worse than that of the Chinese, only they have more finished products
    3. 0
      7 July 2017 21: 40
      Is there a list of ships under construction for USS Navy?
      we will only compare
  2. +4
    7 July 2017 11: 43
    and where are they going to land, is it not for Eun?
    1. +5
      7 July 2017 12: 13
      Quote: Partyzan
      and where are they going to land

      It doesn’t matter, they will find. And no one has canceled plans for replenishment and updating.
      1. +4
        7 July 2017 12: 16
        Well let it go, no matter how Vietnam repeats itself feel
        1. +5
          7 July 2017 12: 19
          Times are not the same (that we are, that they are "slightly weakened"), and they are not (despite what they write and say) otherwise they would have long gotten involved in Syria or in Ukraine.
          1. +4
            7 July 2017 12: 22
            better generally weakened negative
  3. +8
    7 July 2017 11: 50
    We feel, even in happy dreams, this is not to be seen. recourse
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    2. +5
      7 July 2017 12: 16
      We have enough land on land, and they are practically on the island and without "competition".
      We do not have to land for them (and it will be unprofitable), enough missiles with “gifts” are enough.
    3. 0
      7 July 2017 12: 23
      Power ... though scum.
  4. +1
    7 July 2017 12: 09
    Military budgets are not comparable, so "stretch your legs for clothes" ... recourse
    1. +3
      7 July 2017 12: 18
      This is not just about budgets. Give us such a budget now - we will cheat such a ship for 15-20 years.
      They have production capabilities and personnel, which we unfortunately do not have.
      1. +1
        7 July 2017 12: 35
        Yes, I agree with this - the economy of mattresses is an order of magnitude higher than ours.
  5. mvg
    +2
    7 July 2017 12: 24
    Not cheap, however.
  6. 0
    7 July 2017 12: 59
    I don’t understand anything at all, did they imprison him under osprey? so there is only half of the board parts needed! they took a spoiled boat ... and yes! we will never build it ...
  7. 0
    7 July 2017 13: 24
    purely outwardly beautiful ship!
  8. +1
    7 July 2017 17: 50
    Explosion tests of the latest American landing helicopter dock ship Mesa Verde type San Antonio. http://www.oborona.ru/includes/periodics/navy/201
    1/0214/10455641 / print.shtml
    1. +3
      9 July 2017 23: 48
      X-101 on board him to test the explosion resistance. A beautiful ship. Once again we were wiped.

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