Alaska’s Congressional Delegation is pleased today to announce the Commissioning Ceremony for the USS Anchorage will be held in Anchorage next September or October. Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus is personally delivering the good news to each member of the delegation via telephone calls today.
Navy “Strongly Supports†Anchorage for Namesake’s Commissioning Senator Lisa Murkowski received a response from the Secretary of the Navy’s office regarding her November request to have theUSS Anchorage – a San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship – commissioned in Anchorage once it completes its sea trials.
January 9, 2011, Juneau, Alaska – Governor Sean Parnell ordered state flags lowered to half-staff on Thursday, January 12, in honor and memory of former State Representative Edmund “Ed†Orbeck. He passed away Friday morning in Arizona at the age of 96.
According to the United States Coast Guard yesterday, the oil tanker "Renda," along with her escort, cutter "Healy," were 150 miles from the Northwestern city of Nome on Sunday. The vessels are slowed by thick ice, up to two feet thick and have been slowed to approximately five knots.