USS Anchorage (LPD 23)
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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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150317-N-BD107-045 PACIFIC OCEAN (March 16, 2015) An AH-1 Cobra helicopter from the Greyhawks of Marine Medium Tilitorotor Squadron (VMM) 161 (Reinforced) is given an operational test on the flight deck of the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Anchorage (LPD 23). Anchorage is underway participating in a composite training unit exercise. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Liam Kennedy/Released)
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U.S. Marines with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit's Maritime Raid Force load combat rubber raiding crafts on the stern gate of the USS Anchorage (LPD 23) during Amphibious Squadron/Marine Expeditionary Unit Integration Training (PMINT) off the coast of San Diego March 3, 2015. The 15th MEU's MRF is honing their skills while aboard ship as they continue to integrate with their Navy counterparts. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Jamean Berry/Released)
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U.S. Marines and Sailors with the Essex Amphibious Ready Group and Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 161 (Reinforced), 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, relocate UH-1Y Venoms and AH-1Z Vipers aboard the USS Anchorage (LPD 23) during Amphibious Squadron/Marine Expeditionary Unit Integration Training (PMINT) off the coast of San Diego Feb. 28, 2015. PMINT gives the Marines of the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s aviation combat element a chance to sharpen their skill sets alongside their Navy counterparts aboard ship. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Jamean Berry/Released)
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A U.S. Navy sailor directs AH-1Z Vipers with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 161 (Reinforced), 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, during take-off aboard the USS Anchorage (LPD 23) during Amphibious Squadron/Marine Expeditionary Unit Integration Training (PMINT) at sea Feb. 23, 2015. The 15th MEU is embarked aboard the three ships of the Essex Amphibious Ready Group - the USS Essex (LHD 2), USS Anchorage, and USS Rushmore (LSD 47) – during PMINT to continue integrating and training with the PHIBRON and ship staffs as they prepare for deployment later this spring. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Jamean Berry/Released)
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Vice Admiral Robert Thomas, Commander, U.S. Seventh Fleet, visited Anchorage on February 11th for a 4G LTE demonstration. The Navy believes broadband 4G will play an important role in the future of communication at sea!...
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January 26, 2015 -- Happy 50th Birthday to our BOSN, CWO5 Ronald Ellis! Thanks for all you do for ANCHORAGE and its Sailors!
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ANCHORAGE Sailors attend Captain's Call, with Commanding Officer, Capt. Michael McKenna, and wish Command Master Chief Pete Santos "Farewell and Following Seas..."
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ANCHORAGE Quartermasters plot in preparation to shift the ship in order to begin loading the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit for ANCHORAGE's maiden deployment.
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Thanks Guys!!! With all of this news I had flashbacks when I visited Kennedy Space Center way back in the days and felt like a kid in a candy store!
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