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USS ANZIO (CG 68)


       
Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign: November - Zulu - India - Oscar

CLASS - TICONDEROGA (Flight II)
Displacement 9,589 (FL) Tons, Dimensions, 565' 10" (oa) x 55' x 31' 6" (Max)
Armament 2 x 5"/54RF, 2 VLS, (122 Missiles)
2 x 20mm Phalanx CIWS, 2 x 25mm Bushmaster mg. 6 x12.75" TT. 2 LAMPS Helos.
Machinery, 80,000 SHP; G.E. Gas Turbines, 2 screws
Speed, 30+ Knots, Crew 370.
Operational and Building Data
Keel laid on 24 AUG 1989 by Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, MS
Launched 02 NOV 1990
Christened 10 NOV 1990
Commissioned 02 MAY 1992
Home port: Norfolk, VA

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Anzio
04016812
78k Commissioning booklet, 2 MAY 1992. Robert M. Cieri
Anzio 72k Starboard bow underway. USN
Anzio 53k Undated port bow view, moored at NOB Norfolk. Wendell R McLaughlin Jr.
Anzio
04016813
167k

Starboard bow view, date unknown.

© Atlantic Fleet Sales by Nobe Smith

Robert M. Cieri
Anzio
04016814
86k (From front to back) USS Anzio (CG 68), USS Rainier (AOE 7), USS Cape St. George (CG 71), and an unknown Arleigh Burke DDG steam in formation, date and location unknown. U.S. Navy
Cape St. George 83K

The Mediterranean Sea, Aug. 1, 2000 - Sailors aboard USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) gather on the flight deck to spell out "IKE 2000" referring to their successful deployment to the Mediterranean Sea in the new millenium. Deployed with Dwight D. Eisenhower were the guided missile cruisers USS Cape St. George (CG 71) (top) and USS Anzio (CG 68).

U.S. Navy photo #000801-N-7750C-003 by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class David E. Carter II.

Alex Tatchin/USN
Anzio 49k Port bow underway in Kiel durning the sailing event Kieler Woche. Jörg Bihlmayr
Anzio 76k USS Anzio underway and HMS Campletown pierside in Kiel durning the sailing event Kieler Woche. Jörg Bihlmayr
Anzio 59k USS Anzio (CG-68) and USS Cape St. George (CG 71) in Kiel during the sailing event Kieler Woche. Jörg Bihlmayr
Anzio 39k Port bow underway in Kiel durning the sailing event Kieler Woche. Jörg Bihlmayr
Anzio 58k In Kiel durning the sailing event Kieler Woche. In the background: USS Anzio, left of the pier: Russian destroyer Bespokojnyi, right of the pier: German tender A 515 Main inside and outside minehunter M 1097 Laboe. Jörg Bihlmayr
Vicksburg 347k

6 February 2001 - From front: The guided missile cruisers USS Vicksburg (CG 69), USS Anzio (CG 68), USS Cape St. George (CG 71), USS Hue City (CG 66) and the guided missile detroyers
USS The Sullivans (DDG 68) and USS Carney (DDG 64) participate in a Coordinated Engagement Capability (CEC) Exercise off the coast of Florida.

U.S. Navy photo #010206-N-2101W-002 by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Alan Warner.

Bill Gonyo
Anzio 61k

The guided missile cruiser USS Anzio (CG 68) leads a formation of ships in the Baltic Sea after departing the Polish port of Gdynia on June 5, 2001, during Exercise Baltic Operations 2001.

DoD photo #010605-N-6967M-501 by Petty Officer 2nd Class Shane McCoy.

Edward Cleary/DOD
Anzio 53k The Guided Missile Cruiser USS Anzio (CG 68) conducts a underway replenishment at sea off the starboard side of the Military sealift command oiler USNS Arctic (T-AOE 8) While the USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) conducts simultaneous replenishment operations off port side. January 22, 2003. Bernard A. Cardali
Anzio 390k

July 3, 2003 -- The guided missile cruiser USS Anzio (CG 68) approaches the pier at its homeport at Norfolk Naval Base, Norfolk Va., after a six-month deployment to the Arabian Gulf in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

U.S. Navy photo #030703-N-7097H-001 by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Sondra Howett.

Bill Gonyo
Anzio 391k

May 26, 2004 -- The guided missile cruiser USS Anzio (CG 68) sails past the Statue of Liberty in New York
Harbor during the parade of ships at the beginning of the 17th annual Fleet Week in New York City. Over 4,000 Sailors, Marines and Coast Guardsmen on twelve ships are participating in this year's event held from May 26 to June 2.

U.S Navy photo #040526-N-6371Q-049 by Photographer's Mate Airman Orlando Quintero.

Bill Gonyo
Big Horn 895k

ATLANTIC OCEAN, 15 April 2008 - USNS Big Horn (T-AO-198) and the guided-missile cruiser USS Anzio (CG-68) steam side-by-side during a replenishment-at-sea. Anzio and Big Horn are en-route to participate in Joint Warrior 081, a United Kingdom-led, multinational exercise in the North Atlantic designed to improve interoperability between allied navies as well as to prepare for a role in combined operations during upcoming deployments.

US Navy photo #080415-N-2953W-009 by MC3 Adrian T. White

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USS ANZIO CG-68 History
View This Vessels DANFS History Entry on the U.S. Navy Historical Center website.

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The contact listed, Was the contact at the time for this ship when located. If another person now is the contact, E-mail me and I will update this entry. These contacts are compiled from various sources over a long period of time and may or may not be correct. Every effort has been made to list the newest contact if more than one contact was found.


Additional Resources
Official USS Anzio (CG 68) Website.
Hazegray & Underway Cruiser Pages By Andrew Toppan.

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