PORTLAND, Ore. (April 16, 2018) Quartermaster 1st Class Deena Taylor, assigned to the future USS Portland (LPD 27), receives a heartfelt thank you from a homeless woman during a community service event where Portland Sailors provided backpacks filled with snacks and toiletries to the local homeless population, April 16. Portland is currently in Portland, Oregon preparing for its formal commissioning ceremony. It is the Navy’s 11th San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship. It is the third ship to bear the name USS Portland, however it is the first ship to be named solely for Oregon

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PORTLAND, Ore. (April 16, 2018) Quartermaster 1st Class Deena Taylor, assigned to the future USS Portland (LPD 27), receives a heartfelt thank you from a homeless woman during a community service event where Portland Sailors provided backpacks filled with snacks and toiletries to the local homeless population, April 16. Portland is currently in Portland, Oregon preparing for its formal commissioning ceremony. It is the Navy’s 11th San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship. It is the third ship to bear the name USS Portland, however it is the first ship to be named solely for Oregon’s largest city.

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