Anchorage (LSD 36) - Naval Cruise Book

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lv I. r V MQ 4 . 'iff -EGL a YQ! fill I If fs Ship's History USS ANCHORAGE ILSD 361 The first ship to be named after Alaskafs largest city, USS ANCHORAGE was laid down on March 13, 1967 by Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation. She was launched at Pascagoula, Mississippi on May 5, 1968, sponsored by Mrs. Alexander S. Heyward, wife of Vice Admiral Heyward. She was then commissioned on March 15, 1969 at Norfolk Naval Shipyard, com- manded by Captain Percy S. Beaman. Following a brief trip to Andros Island, Bahamas, AN- CHORAGE departed on 24 June for San Diego, where she arrived on July 26, 1969. On January 31, 1970, ANCHORAGE set sail for her first Western Pacific deployment as part of Operation Keystone Bluejay, the planned withdrawl of the first Marine Division from Vietnam. She returned home on March 12, 1970. After a brief one and a half month stay in homeport, ANCHORAGE again deployed to the Far East on May 1, 197 0. There, she operated with Amphibious Squadron FIVE units continuously off the coast of Vietnam. She returned to San Diego on Dec 10, 197 0. The time in homeport only lasted two months and she departed for the third time on February 20, 1 97 1. She was tasked with transporting construction materials to build a communication station on Diego Garcia, from which she returned on May 1 1, 1971. ANCHORAGE sailed yet again on October 1, 1 97 1 enroute Vietnam to continue the withdrawal of the Marines from Vung Tau to the Republic of the Phillipines. She returned home July 24, 1 972. In February of 197 3, ANCHORAGE began her first overhaul, which lasted until Septem- ber 23, 1973. Shortly thereafter, she headed out for her fifth WESTPAC on December 8, 1973 and returned April 18, 1974. After a period of upkeep in San Diego and Long Beach, ANCHOR- AGE again sailed for the orient on March 28, 1975, where she was called to participate in the operation to free the USS MAYAGUEZ and aid in the evacuation of Vietnam in April 1975, Operation Frequent Wind. She returned to homeport on November 16, 1975. During service which has spanned three decades, ANCHORAGE has patrolled in three of the worldfs oceans and countless trouble spots. Her deployments have included many highly important operations, most recently, the Gulf War in 1990-1991. During Operation Desert Storm.. ANCHORAGE controlled the largest LCAC offload of amphibious ships in history and participated in the only amphibious offload in support of combat operations. These actions eameCjA3NCHORAGE the NHVY Uilit Citation and the South West Asia Service Medal I2 starsl. CHORAGErs recent activities include peace-keeping operatigns in the Arabian Gulf and numerous exercises and training 0PPOrtunities off the coast of Southern California. S116 C0mP.1CU'3d the IDTC and H11 required work-up exercises in Jul 2000.9 Th crew en'oycd 3 1 - . , gy C J . fe axmg Stand GOWU Peflod before depmymg AUgllS'C 14, 2001 to continue the unrelenting dedication ANCHORAGE has shown for over 30 years A 9 . J, 1 F1RsT1N A cu-iss, sEcoND To NONE

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i1 WESTPAC 2004 WES TPAC 2 WESTPAC 2012 vvEsTPAC 200- WESTPAC 20: USS ANCHORAGE LSD-36 WESTPAC 2000 TABLE OF CONTENTS Ship's History Commanding Ofiicer Change of Command Commanding Officer Ship's Company WESTPAC 2000 Deck -l-PAC 2 Engineering Nav!Admin Operations Supply PAC 2000 ACU'5 EII1b21I'liCCl lVl2lI'lI16S AC 2000 LAR Tanks LAAD H8cS BLT 3!l AC 2 MS SG WES PAC 2- CAAT was PAC 2- CEB WES PAC 2, Chronology . WES PAC 2, Leaving San Diego vves PAC 21 HPWH11 was PAC 21 Wog Day WES PAC 2, Australia WES PAC 2, East Timor WES PAC 21 Singalwfe WES PAC 2' WES PAC 2' XAIFBII-1 - Q A Thailand Seychelles Aden, Yemen Exercise Iron Magic Bahrain Kuwait MEU-EX MIO Operations Holidays Underway Steel Beach Hong Kong Tiger Cruise Arrival Home Tarawa Atoll Iwo Jima Memorial SWOXESWS CPO Frocking Awards!Reenlistments LCAC!Wet Well Flight Operations Small Boat Operations U! W Replenishment Cruise Babies Spouses, Group Cruise Totals CPL Spangenberg Committee

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