Anchorage-class dock landing ship

	USS Anchorage (LSD-36)
Class overview
Operators	United States Navy; Republic of China Navy;
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	2 × geared steam turbines; 2 × boilers, 600 psi; 2 shafts, 24,000 shp (18,000 kW) total;
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	4 × twin 3"/50 caliber gun (removed in 1980); 2 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS; 2 × Mk-38 chain guns; 4 × .50 cal machine guns;

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.

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