July 9, 201214 yr From DefenseNews [excerpt] Anchorage Trials Show Progress of LPD 17 ClassU.S. Navy Inspectors Conduct Thousands of Checks on Ship Jul. 9, 2012 - 12:05PM By CHRISTOPHER P. CAVAS ABOARD THE AMPHIBIOUS SHIP ANCHORAGE — The dark waters of the Gulf of Mexico were quickly covered in frothy firefighting foam as they flooded into the well deck of this 25,000-ton ship. Although the vessel’s rolls were gentle in the heat of a summer evening, the water — looking for all the world like a giant bubble bath — sloshed dramatically back and forth, splashing almost to the full three-deck height of the space.
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