US Navy’s seventh San Antonio-class ship completes final contract trials

USS Anchorage (LPD 23), the US Navy's seventh San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship, has successfully completed its final contract trials.

During the contract trials, conducted by the navy's board of inspection and survey (INSURV) as part of a series of post-delivery testing, the vessel demonstrated operational capability.

The ship's crew demonstrated all the ship's systems such as the main propulsion, engineering and ship control systems, combat systems, damage control, food service and crew support.

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