Landing Platform Dock (LPD) 27, USS Portland, in the Colombia River with the Skyline of Portland and Mt. Hood in the background
Obverse lettering
U.S. NAVY SAN ANTONIO CLASS AMPHIBIOUS
TRANSPORT DOCK
PORTLAND
-LPD 27-
BUILT BY INGALLS SHIPBUILDING PASCAGULA, MS
Obverse script
Latin
Reverse description
Lettering with two 5-sided stars on either side and surrounded by a rope border.
Reverse lettering
CHRISTENED MAY 12, 2016
SPONSER
Bonnie Amos
THE THIRD U.S. NAVY SHIP TO BEAR THE NAME PORTLAND, LPD 27 IS NAMED
FOR OREGON`S LARGEST CITY AND ONE OF THE MOST ECO-FREINDLY CITIES
IN THE WORLD.
