2003, Anchorage returned to her home port of San Diego, California after supporting Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom. She was decommissioned on 1 October 2003. Anchorage was approved for transfer to Taiwan by the United States Senate in November 2003. She was scheduled to replace the former , now Chung Cheng, however the transfer never took place and Anchorage remained at the Inactive Ships Maintenance Facility at Pearl Harbor. 2010 On 17 July 2010, Anchorage was used as a target during RIMPAC for Maverick and Harpoon missiles fired from US Patrol Squadrons VP-5 and VP-40. After nearly 6 hours of being pounded by anti-ship cruise missiles and air dropped bombs, Anchorage would not sink and the , was called in to finish the job. One well-placed torpedo lifted the ship out of the water and broke her keel. Nearly 22 minutes later, Anchorage slipped beneath the waves completing the final stage of the RIMPAC 2010 SINKEX. Notes Citations Bibliography Online sources External links DANFS Anchorage-class dock landing ships Ships built in Pascagoula, Mississippi 1968 ships Cold War amphibious warfare vessels of the United States Vietnam War amphibious warfare vessels of the United States