For other ships with the same name, see USS Portland.

The second USS Portland was a US Navy Anchorage class dock landing ship built at General Dynamics Quincy Shipbuilding Division at Quincy, Massachusetts, and commissioned in 1970.[1] Portland was decommissioned in 2003 and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register in 2004. It was sunk as a target during an exercise off the Virginia coast later that year.

Citations

  1. ^ Friedman, pp. 619–620

Bibliography

  • Friedman, Norman (1995). "United Kingdom". In Chumbley, Stephen (ed.). Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. pp. 544–634. ISBN 1-55750-132-7.

34°55′48.9″N 70°14′56.3″W / 34.930250°N 70.248972°W / 34.930250; -70.248972

Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Portland_(LSD-37)
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