Arriving In Key West, Florida

December 22, 2017

USS Portland (LPD 27)

Amphibious Transport Dock Ship

Launched February 13, 2016

Eleventh San Antonio Class Ship

San Antonio-class ships are designed to support embarking, transporting and landing elements of more than 800 Marines with both a flight deck, which accommodates CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopters and MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft, and a well deck that can launch and recover landing craft and amphibious vehicles.

San Antonio-class ships are versatile players in maritime security with the ability to support a variety of amphibious assault, special operations or expeditionary warfare missions, operating independently or as part of Amphibious Readiness Groups, Expeditionary Strike Groups or Joint Task Forces. In addition to performing their primary mission, San Antonio-class ships have supported anti-piracy operations, provided humanitarian assistance and foreign disaster relief operations around the world.

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Independent