USS Anzio (CG-68)
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| Career | 
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| Ordered: | 16 April 1987 |
| Laid down: | 21 August 1989 |
| Launched: | 2 November 1990 |
| Commissioned: | 10 February 1992 |
| Decommissioned: | |
| Status: | Template:Active in service |
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| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 9,600 tons |
| Length: | 567 ft |
| Beam: | 55 ft |
| Draught: | 33 ft |
| Propulsion: | 4 × General Electric LM2500 gas turbines, 2 shafts, 80,000 shp |
| Speed: | 30+ knots |
| Range: | |
| Complement: | 387 officers and enlisted |
| Armament: | 2 x 61 cell Mk 41 vertical launch systems, 122 x RIM-67 SM-2, BGM-109 Tomahawk or RUM-139 VL-Asroc, 8 x AGM-84 Harpoon missiles 2 x 5 in, 2 x 25 mm, 2–4 x 12.7 mm guns, 2 x Phalanx CIWS 2 x Mk 46 triple torpedo tubes |
| Aircraft: | 2 x SH-60 Sea Hawk helicopters |
| Motto: | Stand and Fight |
USS Anzio (CG-68), named for the site of a beachhead invasion of Italy by Allied troops from 22 January to 23 May 1944, is a Ticonderoga class guided missile cruiser laid down by the Litton-Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation at Pascagoula, Mississippi on 21 August 1989, launched on 2 November 1990 and commissioned on 2 May 1992. Anzio operates out of Norfolk in Virginia.
The ship is named for the city of Anzio in Italy, the site of an Allied amphibious assuault during Operation Shingle as part of the Italian Campaign of World War II.
In 2004, Anzio participated at the annual Fleet Week in New York City.
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Crest of USS Anzio
This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register.
External link
- Official web site (http://www.anzio.navy.mil/)
- USS Anzio webpage (http://www.navysite.de/cg/cg68.html)
| Ticonderoga-class cruiser |
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| List of cruisers of the United States Navy |