USS ANCHORAGE LPD 23 |
Keel Laid: September 24, 2007 Christened: May 14, 2011 Commissioned: May 4, 2013 Builder: Huntington Ingalls Industries, Avondale, LA. Propulsion system: 4 - Colt-Pielstick 2.5 STC diesel engines Propellers: 2 - Inboard rotating (top) fixed pitch propellers Length, overall: 684 feet (208.5 meters) Beam: 105 feet (31.9 meters) Draft: 23 feet (7.0 meters) Displacement: approx. 24.900 tons full load Speed: ~22 knots Crew: 28 Officers, 30 CPO/SNCO, 332 Enlisted; Marine detachment: 699 (66 officers, 633 enlisted); surge to 800 total Well deck capacity: two LCACs Aviation: one CH-53E, or two CH-46s, or one MV-22, or three UH/AH-1s Armament: - 2 MK 31 Mod 0 RAM (Rolling Airframe Missile) Launchers - 2 MK 46 Mod 1 30mm Gun systems - 2 MK 26 Mod 18 .50 Cal Machine guns Homeport: San Diego, CA. |