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Navy/USMC

Navy Takes Delivery Of LPD-23

Defense Daily Staff

Tuesday, September 18th, 2012

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The Navy took delivery yesterday of the most recent San Antonio-class (LPD-17) amphibious transport dock ship, a transfer that was postponed by nearly two months after the manufacturer discovered faulty bolts installed on the ship that had to be replaced. The Navy accepted the future USS Anchorage (LPD-23) from Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII] at its shipyard in Avondale, La. Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) said. The Anchorage is the seventh in the class and is scheduled to be commissioned next…

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