USS Anchorage (LPD-23)

USS Anchorage (LPD-23) July 2014
Overview
Order	June 1, 2006
Keel laying	September 24, 2007
Launch	February 12, 2011
1. Period of service
Commissioning	4th May 2013
Technical specifications
displacement	fully loaded 24,900 ts
length	208.05 m
width	31.9 m
Draft	7.0 m
crew	28 officers, 332 men, up to 800 Marines
drive	2 propellers, four diesel engines; 41,000 wave horsepower
speed	22+ knots
Armament	2 guns 30 mm, 2 launchers for anti-aircraft missiles

The USS Anchorage (LPD-23) is a San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock of the United States Navy . It was named after the city of Anchorage , Alaska .

history

LPD-23 was commissioned in 2006 as the seventh ship of its class. The construction contract went to the Northrop Grumman concern , which had the ship built in its Avondale Shipyard . The ship was laid down on September 24, 2007. After around three and a half years in dry dock, LPD-23 was launched on February 12, 2011. The christening in the name Anchorage took place on May 11, 2011, godmother was Annette Conway, wife of the former Commandant of the Marine Corps , General James T. Conway .

The Anchorage was handed over to the US Navy in September 2012 and entered service on May 4, 2013.

Web links

• Homepage (Engl.)
• Entry in the Naval Vessel Register (Engl.)