Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Winter still unhappy with LPD 17

WASHINGTON - Navy Secretary Donald Winter is still unhappy with the USS San Antonio, the first in a new class of LPD 17 amphibious ships. But builder Northrop Grumman says the Navy changed the design too often, and Hurricane Katrina also affected work at the Gulf Coast shipyard where it was built. (Source: Reuters, 11/18/08)