Despite winter weather, thousands of people came to the Port of Anchorage Saturday morning to celebrate the transition of the Navy's newest ship from a vessel to a warship.
For the crew of the USS Anchorage, designated LPD-23, the commissioning ceremony was six years in the making. While the Anchorage is the Navy's seventh San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship, Navy officials say it's the first to be commissioned in its namesake city -- as well as the first commissioning ceremony for Alaska's largest city.
from www.ktuu.com
40 photos here.
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Appropriate weather, don't you think?
Yes, that did go through my mind.
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