Ordered 25 February 1966 Commissioned 3 October 1970 Struck 8 March 2004 Construction started 5 May 1968 Length 169 m | Laid down 5 May 1968 Decommissioned 4 August 2003 Nickname(s) Sweet Pea Launched 20 December 1969 | |
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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. 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.
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