Keywords: US Navy 060114-N-0191T-250 Sailors assigned to USS San Antonio (LPD 17) enjoy a rare honor, and receive the oath of enlistment by the 41st President of the United States, the Honorable George H.W. Bush.jpg en Ingleside Texas Jan 14 2006 Sailors assigned to USS San Antonio LPD 17 enjoy a rare honor and receive the oath of enlistment by the 41st President of the United States the Honorable George H W Bush following the ship s commissioning ceremony held on board Naval Station Ingleside As the first in her class USS San Antonio LPD 17 represents a key element of the Navy s seabase transformation Collectively San Antonio-class will functionally replace over 41 ships LPD 4 LSD 36 LKA 113 and LST 1179 classes of amphibious ships providing the Navy and Marine Corps with modern seabased platforms that are networked survivable and built to operate with 21st century transformational platforms such as the MV-22 Osprey the Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle EFV and future means by which Marines are delivered ashore U S Navy photo by Journalist 2nd Class Anthony C Tornetta RELEASED 2006-01-14 060114-N-0191T-250 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 31235 U S Navy photo by Journalist 2nd Class Anthony C Tornetta PD-USGov-Military-Navy Commissioning of USS San Antonio LPD-17 George H W Bush Oath of enlistment |