The LPD-17 Amphibious Assault ship is a pivotal platform that brings together a common vision as foreseen by the Navy and the Marine Corps. The ships in this class of which 12 are projected, will have the capability to meet this new vision with a variety of offensive/defensive capabilities.

As part of a PMS-317 program office initiative, we had been commissioned to provide the LPD-17 models for use in the ceremonies, and events surrounding the construction and launching of 12 San Antonio Class ships, the first being LPD-17. These models, some of which ended up at the Pentagon, others of which will be touring in the home states of the named ships, represent a higher level of detail over the Northrop Grumman ships we created earlier in the month although they are in the same scale.

These models were created in 1/250 scale and are keel block mounted with an end mounted raised data plate. The San Antonio class ships will host a variety of aircraft and landing craft, such as the V-22 Osprey, CH-53 Helo, and the LCAC (Landing Craft – Air Cushion). In the following images, the clear cover was not installed.