Portland II (LSD-37)
1970-2004
The second Portland (LSD-37) was named for the cities in Maine and Oregon.
II
(LSD-37: displacement 13,650; length 553'0"; beam 84'0"; draft 21'0"; speed 20+ knots; complement 793; armament 8 3-inch; class Anchorage)
The second Portland (LSD-37) was laid down on 21 September 1967 at Quincy, Mass., by the General Dynamics Corp.; launched on 20 December 1969; sponsored by Mrs. Leonard F. Chapman, Jr., wife of General Leonartd F. Chapman Jr., the Commandant of the Marine Corps; and commissioned on 3 October 1970, Capt. Martin M. Zenni in command.
Ultimately decommissioned on 3 August 2003, Portland was stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 8 March 2004, and expended as a target in a fleet training exercise on 25 April 2004.