NAVAL STATION NORFOLK, Va. — One third of the amphibious force that has patrolled U.S. Southern Command since late August returned Tuesday to its homeport of Norfolk, Va.
Amphibious warship USS San Antonio (LPD-17) moored at pier 9 at Naval Station Norfolk to a waiting crowd of families after 257 days.
San Antonio departed in August as part of the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group along with big-deck amphib USS Iwo Jima (LHD-7) and Flight II San Antonio-class amphib USS Fort Lauderdale (LPD- 28)…