Anchorage-class dock landing ship
USS Anchorage (LSD-36) | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Operators | |
| Preceded by | Thomaston-class dock landing ship |
| Succeeded by | Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship |
| Built | 1967–1972 |
| In commission | 1969– Present |
| Completed | 5 |
| Active | 1 (Taiwan) |
| 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 |
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| Speed | 22 knots (25 mph; 41 km/h) |
| Range | 14,800 nmi (27,400 km; 17,000 mi) at 12 kn (22 km/h) |
| Boats & landing craft carried | 3 × LCACs
Or 3 × LCUs Or 9 × LCMs |
| Troops | 330 |
| Complement | 18 officers, 340 enlisted |
| Armament |
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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.