LPD 23 completes builder's trial

Anchorage during trial. Ingalls photo

PASCAGOULA, Miss. -- Amphibious transport dock Anchorage successfully completed its builder's trials last week, Ingalls Shipbuilding said Monday. LPD 23, under construction at the company's Avondale, La., shipyard, is the seventh in the LPD 17-class to be built by Ingalls. The 684-foot-long vessel's primary mission is to transport up to 800 Marines, their fighting vehicles and aircraft. Builder's trials are meant to measure performance and identify any possible construction discrepancies. (Source: Mississippi Press, Globe Newswire, 05/21/12)