Anchorage class dock landing ship
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_departs_San_Diego_Bay_.jpg) USS Anchorage (LSD-36) |
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| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Operators: |  United States Navy Republic of China Navy |
| Preceded by: | Thomaston-class dock landing ship |
| Succeeded by: | Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship |
| Built: | 1967–1972 |
| In commission: | 1969–2003 |
| Completed: | 5 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Dock landing ship |
| Displacement: | 14,000 long tons (14,225 t) Full |
| Length: | 553 ft (169 m) |
| Beam: | 85 ft (26 m) |
| Draft: | 20 ft (6.1 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2 × geared steam turbines 2 × boilers, 600 psi 2 shafts, 24,000 shp (18,000 kW) total[1] |
| Speed: | 22 knots (25 mph; 41 km/h) |
| Range: | 14,800 nmi at 12 kn (22 km/h)[1] |
| Boats and landing craft carried: |
LCACs |
| Complement: | 18 officers, 340 enlisted[1] |
| Armament: | 2× 20 mm Phalanx CIWS 2× Mk-38 machine guns 4× .50 machine guns |
The Anchorage class dock landing ships were a series of five dock landing ships (LSD) constructed and commissioned by the United States Navy between 1965 and 1972. US Navy decommissioned all five of them by 2003. They are succeeded by Whidbey Island class LSDs and Harpers Ferry class LSDs.
[edit] Ship List
- USS Anchorage (LSD-36)
- USS Portland (LSD-37)
- USS Pensacola (LSD-38) - sold to Republic of China (Taiwan) Navy in 2000; now as ROCS Hsu Hai (LSD-193)
- USS Mount Vernon (LSD-39)
- USS Fort Fisher (LSD-40)
[edit] References
- ^ a b c "LSD-36 Anchorage class". GlobalSecurity.org. 2006-07-28. http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ship/lsd-36-specs.htm.
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