USS Anchorage (LSD-36)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Anchorage.
USS Anchorage (LSD-36) was the lead ship of the Anchorage-class dock landing ship of the United States Navy. In the ship's 34 years of service, she completed 19 deployments in the western Pacific and became the most decorated dock landing ship on the west coast.
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USS Anchorage (LSD-36), a US Navy dock landing ship, underway off Pascagoula, Mississippi (USA), while running trials on 27 January 1969. | |
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Name | Anchorage |
Namesake | City of Anchorage, Alaska |
Awarded | 29 June 1965 |
Builder | Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi |
Laid down | 13 March 1967 |
Launched | 5 May 1968 |
Commissioned | 15 March 1969 |
Decommissioned | 1 October 2003 |
Stricken | 8 March 2004 |
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Motto | 1st of its class |
Honors and awards | 6 × battle stars (Vietnam service) |
Fate | Sunk as a target, 17 July 2010 |
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Class and type | Anchorage-class dock landing ship |
Tonnage | 5,570 long tons deadweight (DWT) |
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Length | 553 ft (169 m) |
Beam | 84 ft (26 m) |
Draft | 19 ft (5.8 m) |
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Speed | 20 kn (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
Boats & landing craft carried | |
Troops | 320 |
Complement | 24 officers, 300 enlisted |
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