Anchorage 1969
Anchorage 1979
Anchorage 1990
Anchorage 2000
| No | Name | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comm | Fate |
| LSD36 | Anchorage | 1151 | Ingalls, Pascagoula | 13.3.1967 | 5.5.1968 | 15.3.1969 | stricken 3.2004 |
| LSD37 | Portland | 11 | General Dynamics, Quincy | 21.9.1967 | 20.12.1969 | 3.10.1970 | stricken 3.2004 |
| LSD38 | Pensacola | 12 | General Dynamics, Quincy | 12.3.1969 | 11.7.1970 | 27.3.1971 | to Taiwan 9.1999 (旭海 [Shiu Hai]) |
| LSD39 | Mount Vernon | 13 | General Dynamics, Quincy | 29.1.1970 | 17.4.1971 | 13.5.1972 | stricken 3.2004 |
| LSD40 | Fort Fisher | 14 | General Dynamics, Quincy | 15.7.1970 | 22.4.1972 | 9.12.1972 | stricken 2.1998 |
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Displacement standard, t |
8600 |
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Displacement full, t |
13700 |
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Length, m |
168.7 |
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Breadth, m |
25.6 |
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Draught, m |
5.60 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
LSD36: 2 sets De Laval geared steam turbines, 2 Combustion Engineering boilers LSD37-40: 2 sets De Laval geared steam turbines, 2 Foster Wheeler boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
24000 |
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Max speed, kts |
20 |
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Fuel, t |
oil |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
14800(12) |
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Armament |
4 x 2 - 76/50 Mk 33, helicopter deck |
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Military load |
376 troops, 3 LCU or 9 LCM(8) or 50 LVT, (1 LCPL, 1 LCVP) or 4 LCPL |
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Electronic equipment |
LN-66, SPS-10, SPS-40, Mk 35, SPG-50 radars, WLR-1 ECM suite |
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Complement |
397 |
Project history: The construction of these ships showed, in effect, that the LPD could not quite combine all the capabilities required by the Amphibious Force. Five were built under the FY65 (one), FY66 (three) and FY67 (one) programme. Like their Thomaston class predecessors, they have a removable helicopter deck, no helicopter maintenance facilities, and limited troop space (375 men). The 131.1x15.2m well deck accommodates three LCU or nine LCM (8) or about fifty LVT, also there is 1115m² vehicle parking space. Later ships of Anchorage class can carry 3 LCAC.
Modernizations: 1977, all: - 1 x 2 - 76/50, Mk 35, SPG-50 radars
late 1980s, all: - 1 x 2 - 76/50; + 2 x 6 - 20/76 Mk 15 Phalanx, 2x Mk 90 radars, SLQ-32(v)1 ECM suite, 4x Mk 36 SRBOC decoy RL
1993-1994, all: - 2 x 2 - 76/50; + 2 x 1 - 25/75 Mk 38 Bushmaster, 6 x 1 - 12.7/90, SLQ-25 torpedo decoy
1990s, Anchorage, Pensacola, Mount Vernon, Fort Fisher: - SPS-10 radar; + SPS-64, SPS-67 radars
1990s, Portland: - SPS-10 radar; + SPS-67, SPS-73 radars
Naval service: No significant events.
Fort Fisher 1972
Pensacola 1988
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