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M !.rl-|«i T S . ' f rir j ' ' THE ANCHORAGE The USS ANCHORAGE (LSD- 36) was launch- ed at Pascagoula, Mississippi on 5 May 1968 Eind was officially commissioned on 15 March 1969 at Norfolk Naval Shipyard at Portsmouth, Virginia. Following Class Standardization Trails near Andros Island in the Bahamas, the ship departed Norfolk enroute to her homeport, San Diego, California where she arrived on 26 July. After completing Shakedown Training and various amphibious exercises, the ship underwent two months of Post Shakedown corrections at Naval Shipyard in Vallejo, California. From 31 January to 12 March 1970, the ship assisted in the redeployment of USMC units from RVN to the United States. On 1 May, the ANCHORAGE departed her homeport as a unit of Amphibious Squadron FIVE to begin her first extended deployment in the Western Pacific and Far East area. During the cruise the ship participated in various amphibious exercises and a typhoon relief operation in the Philippines, provided wet -well services along the coast of RVN and visited ports in Japan, Okinawa, Taiwan and Hong Kong, BBC. The ANCHORAGE returned to San Diego on 10 December completing a 7 1 2 month and 42,000 mile cruise. After loading construction mate- rials, on 22 February 1971, the ANCHORAGE departed PortHueneme, enroute to Diego Garcia, the future site of an austere communications station. This mini -deployment included visits to Sydney and Perth, Australia, Hong Kong, and Danang, RVN. On March 25, 1971, at Perth, Australia, Captain Cyrus A. RANK, USN relieved Captain Percy S. BEAMAN as Commanding Officer. From July 19 to July 29, ANCHORAGE underwent Refresher Training off the coast of San Diego, upon completion of which AN- CHORAGE served as Primary Control Ship (PCS) for a Reserve Marine Amphibious Land- ing exercise at Camp Pendleton. The ANCHORAGE is 562 feet long, 84 feet wide at the beam and is armed with four twin 3 inch 50 cal. gun mounts. Maximum speed is 21.5 knots. Her personnel allowance consists of 21 officers and 286 enlisted. Utilizing ANCHORAGE ' S troop capacity, the ship can accomodate 51 officers and 742 enlisted.
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