Ten years ago,on Jan. 14, 2006, and lead ship USS San Antonio (LPD-17) was commissioned as a Navy warship. But the instant future looked bleak for the amphibious transport dock program. Hurricane Katrina had struck four and a half months earlier,devastating the Ingalls Shipbuilding yard in Pascagoula, Miss., and scattering the workforce at the […]
Source: usni.org