USS Anzio (CG-68)
USS Anzio on 7 October 2009
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Name | Anzio |
Namesake | Battle of Anzio |
Ordered | 16 April 1987 |
Builder | Ingalls Shipbuilding |
Laid down | 21 August 1989 |
Launched | 2 November 1990 |
Acquired | 10 February 1992 |
Commissioned | 2 May 1992 |
Decommissioned | 22 September 2022[1] |
Homeport | Norfolk |
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Motto | Stand and Fight |
Status | Decommissioned |
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General characteristics | |
Class and type | Ticonderoga-class cruiser |
Displacement | Approx. 9,600 long tons (9,800 t) full load |
Length | 567 feet (173 m) |
Beam | 55 feet (16.8 meters) |
Draft | 34 feet (10.2 meters) |
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Speed | 32.5 knots (60 km/h; 37.4 mph) |
Complement | 30 officers and 300 enlisted |
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Armament |
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Aircraft carried | 2 × MH-60R Seahawk LAMPS Mk III helicopters. |
USS Anzio (CG-68) is a
History
2000s
On 6 April 2000, Anzio, along with another cruiser and the
On 9 January 2003, Anzio was pre-deployed in support of
On 16 February 2007, Anzio was awarded the 2006
Anzio has served as the
2010s
Anzio was tentatively scheduled to be decommissioned and designated for disposal on 31 March 2013.[11] However, Anzio was retained under the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013.[12][13]
On 13 January 2016, ten U.S. Navy sailors were picked up by Anzio for transport and medical evaluations after being held in Iranian custody. The sailors were captured by Iran on 12 January 2016 after their two naval boats entered Iranian waters. "The evidence suggests that they unintentionally entered the Iranian waters because of the failure of their navigational system," Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps spokesman Ramazan Sharif said on Press TV.[14] Anzio was also involved in a replenishment at sea operation with HMS Defender, USS Harry S. Truman, USS Ramage, USNS Pecos, and USNS Medgar Evers.[15]
2020s
In December 2020 the U.S. Navy's Report to Congress on the Annual Long-Range Plan for Construction of Naval Vessels stated that the ship was planned to be placed Out of Commission in Reserve in 2022.[16]
On 22 September 2022, Anzio was decommissioned at Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia after 30 years of service.[1]
Notable crew
- Frank Castellano – American Navy captain (born 1964)[17]
- Gordon Klingenschmitt – American military officer, politician, and religious figure (born 1968)[18]
References
- ^ a b c "USS Anzio Decommissioned After 30 Years of Service" (Press release). United States Navy. 22 September 2022. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
- ^ "Commander, Naval Surface Forces Atlantic (SURFLANT)". surflant.usff.navy.mil. 22 September 2022. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
- ^ Ricks, Thomas E. (2 May 2000). "Pentagon Questions Israeli Missile Test Near Navy". The Washington Post. p. 19. Archived from the original on 8 March 2016. Retrieved 9 September 2015 – via Federation of American Scientists.
- ^ Quigley, Craig (2 May 2000). "DoD News Briefing". United States Department of Defense. Archived from the original on 21 March 2004. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
- ^ Toppan, Andrew (10 March 2003). "World Navies Today: US Navy Aircraft Carriers & Surface Combatants". Haze Gray & Underway. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
- ^ Ludwick, Paula M. (19 February 2007). "Surface Force Ships, Crews Earn Battle "E"". U.S. Pacific Fleet Public Affairs. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
- ^ Jones, Iain (13 August 2009). "U.S. Assumes Command of Counter-piracy Task Force". United States Department of Defense. Archived from the original on 14 August 2009. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
- ^ Jones, Iain (21 October 2009). "USS Anzio Seizes 4 Tons of Narcotics". Military Daily News. Archived from the original on 25 February 2010. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
- ^ "MSST 91104 stops drugs in Gulf of Aden". U.S. Coast Guard. 15 October 2009. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 26 April 2010.
- ^ "Navy seizes 4 tons of narcotics at sea". Stars and Stripes. 21 October 2009. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
- ^ "FY13 Projected Ship Inactivation Schedule". Bureau of Naval Personnel. 12 March 2012. Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
- ^ "US Navy to retain four Ticonderoga-class cruisers in service". Naval Technology. 27 September 2012. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
- ^ "National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013" (PDF). U.S. Government Publishing Office. p. 5. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
- ^ Brown, George (13 January 2016). "10 American sailors detained by Iran freed". WREG-TV. Archived from the original on 2 February 2016. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
- ^ "Defender refuels for counter-Daesh operations". Royal Navy. 21 January 2016. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
- ^ "Report to Congress on the Annual Long-Range Plan for Construction of Naval Vessels" (PDF). Office of the Chief of Naval Operations. 9 December 2020. p. 16. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
- ^ Kaplan, Elaine D. (24 November 2014), Gordon James Klingenschmitt v. The United States of America, United States Court of Federal Claims, 11-723C, archived from the original on 5 August 2022, retrieved 2 May 2023
- This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain. The entry can be found here.