ABOUT THE ANCHORAGE LPD 23 is the seventh San Antonio-class Amphibious Transport Dock (LPD) ship, and was commissioned in her namesake city of Anchorage, Alaska. LPD 23 is the second ship to bear the name Anchorage. Amphibious transport docks are warships that embark, transport, and land Marines, their equipment and supplies for a variety of expeditionary warfare missions. They can also serve as secondary aviation platforms for amphibious ready groups. ONLINE RESOURCES USS Anchorage Home Page: www.public.navy.mil/surfor/lpd23 USS Anchorage Facebook: www.facebook.com/anchoragelpd23/ U.S. Pacific Fleet Home Page: www.cpf.navy.mil U.S. Pacific Fleet Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/pages/Pacific- Fleet/313315455431274 Navy Task Force Energy Facebook: www.facebook.com/NavalEnergy Navy Energy, Environment and http://greenfleet.dodlive.mil/home Climate Change Website: Currents - the Navy’s Energy & http://greenfleet.dodlive.mil/currents-magazine Environmental Magazine: Currents Facebook: www.facebook.com/navycurrents USS Anchorage Quick Facts Ship Type: Amphibious Transport Dock Commissioned: May 4, 2013 Homeport: San Diego, CA Fleet Assignment: Commander, Naval Surface Force, Pacific Fleet Length: 684 feet (208.5 meters) Beam: 105 feet (32 meters) Displacement: 25,883 tons (full) Draft: 23 feet (7 meters) Speed: 22 knots Manning: 47 Officers and 383 Enlisted Personnel Motto: “Nil fato relinquemus” (We leave nothing to chance) Aircraft Carried: 3 x CH-53E Super Stallion, 3 x MV-22 Osprey, 7 x UH-1Y Venoms / AH-1J Sea Cobras; 4 x CH-46 Sea Knights; 1 xAV-8B Harrier For More Information USS Anchorage (LPD 23)