Everything about Uss Anzio Cg-68 totally explained
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 battle of
Anzio in
Italy, the site of an Allied amphibious assault during
Operation Shingle as part of the
Italian Campaign of
World War II. Previous ships of the U.S. Navy, including an aircraft carrier, have been named USS
Anzio.
On
April 6 2000, an
Israel Defense Force Jericho missile in an unannounced test splashed down 25-40 miles from the
Anzio while she was participating in an exercise in the eastern
Mediterranean Sea.
On
January 9 2003 the
USS Anzio was pre-deployed in support of
Operation Iraqi Freedom. Ordered first to the eastern
Mediterranean Sea for the initial phase of President
George W. Bush's
Shock and Awe strategy, during which the
United States Navy deployed to obliterate and defeat the
Iraq military before ground forces were sent in. Once the
Anzio completed her mission in the eastern
Mediterranean, she forward-deployed to the
Persian Gulf. Once the
Anzio arrived in the Gulf, she'd marked her 45th straight day at sea. In the Gulf, the
Anzio continued carrier-flight support operations and coastal surveillance. After President Bush announced major combat had concluded in the Iraq War, on
May 1 2003, the
Anzio was relieved of its duties, returning home on
July 3 2003 after over 200 days at sea.
In 2004,
Anzio participated at the annual
Fleet Week in
New York City. In January 2007, the warship was sent to the coast of
Somalia to conduct antiterrorist operations as part of the USS
Dwight D. Eisenhower task force.
On
16 February 2007,
Anzio was awarded the 2006
Battle "E" award.
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