USS Anzio

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

• The USS Anzio (CVE-57), was an escort aircraft carrier originally commissioned as Coral Sea in August 1943 and renamed Anzio in September 1944.
• The USS Anzio (CG-68), is a guided missile cruiser commissioned 1992, and currently on active service.

Sources

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