USS Anzio

Two ships of the United States Navy have been named Anzio, in memory of the World War II landings at Anzio.

USS Anzio (CVE-57), was an escort aircraft carrier originally commissioned as Coral Sea in August 1943, renamed Anzio in September 1944, and decommissioned in August 1946.
USS Anzio (CG-68), was a guided missile cruiser commissioned in May 1992 and decommissioned in September 2022.

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This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.

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