USS Anchorage (LSD-36)

GPTKB entity

Statements (53)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Royal Navy ship
LST-1-class tank landing ship
gptkbp:armament 2 × Phalanx CIWS
2 × 25 mm Mk 38 guns
6 × .50 cal machine guns
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Meritorious_Unit_Commendation
gptkb:National_Defense_Service_Medal
gptkb:Republic_of_Vietnam_Campaign_Medal
gptkb:Vietnam_Service_Medal
gptkb:Humanitarian_Service_Medal
gptkb:Navy_Expeditionary_Medal
gptkb:Kuwait_Liberation_Medal_(Kuwait)
gptkb:Kuwait_Liberation_Medal_(Saudi_Arabia)
gptkb:Sea_Service_Deployment_Ribbon
gptkb:Navy_Unit_Commendation
gptkb:Southwest_Asia_Service_Medal
gptkbp:badge Anchorage city skyline with ship silhouette
gptkbp:beam 84 feet
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Ingalls_Shipbuilding
gptkbp:class LST-1-class tank landing ship
gptkbp:commissioned 15 March 1970
gptkbp:crewComplement over 400
gptkbp:decommissioned 1 October 2003
gptkbp:displacement 16,900 tons (full load)
gptkbp:fate sunk as a target
gptkbp:homeport gptkb:San_Diego,_California
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Anchorage (LSD-36)
gptkbp:hullNumber gptkb:LSD-36
gptkbp:laidDown 12 March 1968
gptkbp:launched 5 January 1969
gptkbp:length 553 feet
gptkbp:motto Courage, Endurance, Honor
gptkbp:name gptkb:USS_Anchorage
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Anchorage,_Alaska
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Supported_Operation_Iraqi_Freedom
gptkb:Supported_Operation_Restore_Hope_(Somalia)
Supported Operation Desert Storm
Participated in RIMPAC exercises
Supported Operation Frequent Wind (1975)
gptkbp:operator gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:participatedIn gptkb:Operation_Enduring_Freedom
gptkb:Vietnam_War
gptkbp:propulsion 2 steam turbines
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:USS_Portland_(LSD-37)
gptkb:USS_Anchorage_(LSD-36)
gptkb:USS_Fort_Fisher_(LSD-40)
gptkb:USS_Mount_Vernon_(LSD-39)
gptkb:USS_Pensacola_(LSD-38)
gptkbp:speed 20 knots
gptkbp:status decommissioned
gptkbp:sunkBy 17 July 2010
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:U.S._Navy_ships
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5