USS Anchorage (LPD-23)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Anchorage.
USS Anchorage (LPD-23) is a San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock and the second ship of the United States Navy to be namesake of the U.S. city of Anchorage, Alaska.
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USS Anchorage on 15 May 2012 | |
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Name | Anchorage |
Namesake | Anchorage |
Awarded | 1 June 2006[1] |
Builder | Northrop Grumman Ship Systems, Avondale |
Laid down | 24 September 2007 |
Launched | 12 February 2011[1][2] |
Christened | 14 May 2011[3] |
Acquired | 17 September 2012[1][4] |
Commissioned | 4 May 2013[1][5] |
Homeport | San Diego |
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Status | in active service, as of 2016[update] |
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Class and type | San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock |
Displacement | 25,000 long tons (25,000 t) full |
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Beam | 105 ft (32 m) |
Draft | 23 ft (7.0 m) |
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Speed | 22 kn (41 km/h; 25 mph) |
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Troops | 66 officers, 625 enlisted |
Complement | 33 officers, 411 enlisted |
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