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[1]
Speed	22 knots (25 mph; 41 km/h)
Range	14,800 nmi (27,400 km; 17,000 mi) at 12 kn (22 km/h)[1]
Boats & landing craft carried	3 × LCACs Or 3 × LCUs Or 9 × LCMs
Troops	330
Complement	18 officers, 340 enlisted[1]
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.^{[citation needed]} They are succeeded by Whidbey Island-class LSDs and Harpers Ferry-class LSDs.