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

• The first Anzio (CVE-57) was an escort aircraft carrier originally commissioned as Coral Sea in August 1943, renamed Anzio in September 1944, and decommissioned 1946.

• The second Anzio (CG-68) is a guided missile cruiser commissioned 1992, and on active service as of 2003.

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