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About the Arctic Gator...


Homeport: Naval Base San Diego, CA


USS Anchorage (LPD-23), the seventh San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock, is the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Anchorage, Alaska and the first U.S. Navy ship to be commissioned in Alaska.


The San Antonio-class is the first class of ship equipped with a state-of-the-art fiber-optic Shipboard Wide Area Network (SWAN). Its design provides computer and network access linking every manned space on the ship, to include troop/crew berthing. The SWAN’s design also allows for future growth over the life of the ship as technology advances. Over 760 SWAN drops (i.e. access points) will support computer workstations or other uses throughout the ship.


Anchorage's keel was laid down on September 24, 2007 at the Avondale Shipyard in New Orleans, Louisiana, then owned by Northrop Grumman Ship Systems. The ship was launched on February 12, 2011. She was christened two months later, May 14 - the first ship christened by Huntington Ingalls Industries since Northrop Grumman spun off its shipbuilding divisions as a separate company. The ship's sponsor is Annette Conway, wife of former Marine Corps Commandant General James T. Conway. The ship was formally delivered and accepted by the US Navy on September 17, 2012.


On November 21, 2012 the Pre-Commissioning Unit Anchorage (LPD 23) moored pierside for the first time at her homeport in San Diego during a homecoming ceremony.

The Anchorage was commissioned on May 4, 2013 in her namesake city ...

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USS Anchorage supports HM-14 airborne mine countermeasures training, RIMPAC July 23, 2014

Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Handling) 2nd Class Oliverjay Espina directs a Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron 14 aircraft aboard amphibious transport dock USS Anchorage (LPD 23) off the coast of San Diego during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) Exercise 2014. Twenty-two nations, 49 ships, six submarines, more than 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 26 to Aug. 1 in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. The world's largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity that helps participants foster and sustain the cooperative relationships that are critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the world's oceans. RIMPAC 2014 is the 24th exercise in the series that began in 1971.
(U.S. Navy Photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Elena Pence/Released)

Wide view of the pier at which USS Anchorage off-loaded the Orion capsule at Naval Station San Diego, December 8, 2014...
photo credit by: Kevin Balrd
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Anchorage Holds First Change of Command...

Started by NavyDads Co-Admin, Gary Apr 19, 2013. 0 Replies

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Comment by NavyDads Co-Admin, Gary on December 17, 2015 at 6:34pm

Marc HOOYAH! Thanks for sharing the pix. The Homecoming was awesome!

Comment by Marc Lehmuth on December 15, 2015 at 12:38pm

Peter manning the rails entering Naval base San Diego.   Hooyah!!!

Comment by NavyDads Co-Admin, Gary on December 9, 2015 at 12:57pm

New update please make sure that you're reading all of the posts on the FSG. You should have already received an email, or will receive one, from your Sailor as well regarding this FSG's latest post! If you did not get an email drop your Sailor a line...

Comment by NavyDads Co-Admin, Gary on November 29, 2015 at 1:51pm

Hang in there #AnchorageNation keep up on the CAPT's posts...

Comment by NavyDads Co-Admin, Gary on November 9, 2015 at 4:35pm

HOOYAH!!

Comment by Marc Lehmuth on November 9, 2015 at 4:30pm

Crew of USS Anchorage Renders Aid to Stranded Sri Lankan-flagged Fishing Vessel

http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=91873

Comment by NavyDads Co-Admin, Gary on November 4, 2015 at 3:40pm

GULF OF ADEN (Oct. 29, 2015) U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Jared Webb prepares lobster tails for the October birthday dinner aboard the USS Anchorage (LPD 23). Webb is a galley supervisor aboard the Anchorage. Marines and Sailors celebrate their birthdays for the month of October with a steak and lobster tail dinner served by their staff noncommissioned officers. The 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, embarked on the ships of the Essex Amphibious Ready Group, is deployed to maintain regional security in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Jamean Berry/Released)

Comment by NavyDads Co-Admin, Gary on October 9, 2015 at 5:58pm

150929-N-GG858-022 ARABIAN SEA (September 29, 2015) Deck department Sailors assigned to San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Anchorage (LPD 23), make preparations for anchoring after Anchorage pulled out of Duqm, Oman. Anchorage was in Duqm receiving mid-voyage repairs and maintenance.With the embarked 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (15th MEU), Anchorage is deployed in support of maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communications Specialist 2nd Class Matthew Dickinson/Released)

Comment by Marc Lehmuth on October 7, 2015 at 7:41am

Peter is on his way to the ship.  

Comment by NavyDads Co-Admin, Gary on September 21, 2015 at 12:00pm

GULF OF ADEN (Sept. 16, 2015) Chief Hospital Corpsman Kwabena Opoku receives his anchors during a chief petty officer pinning ceremony on the flight deck of the San-Antonio class amphibious transport dock ship USS Anchorage (LPD 23). Anchorage is part of the Essex Amphibious Ready Group and, with the embarked 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (15th MEU), is deployed in support of maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communications Specialist 2nd Class Matthew Dickinson/Released)

 
 
 

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