USS Ashland (LSD-48)
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| Awarded: | 11 December 1985 |
| Laid down: | 4 April 1988 |
| Launched: | 11 November 1989 |
| Commissioned: | 9 May 1992 |
| Status: | Active in service as of 2006. |
| Homeport: | NAB Little Creek, Virginia |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 11,149 tons (light), 16,883 tons (full) |
| Length: | 610 ft (185.9 m) overall |
| Beam: | 84 ft (25.6 m) |
| Draft: | 21 ft (6.4 m) |
| Propulsion: | 4 Colt Industries, 16 cylinder diesel engines, 2 shafts, 33,000 shp (25 MW) |
| Speed: | 20+ knots (37+ km/h) |
| Complement: | Crew: 22 officers, 391 enlisted; Marine detachment: 402 plus 102 surge |
| Armament: | 2 × 25 mm Mk-38 guns; 2 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS mounts; 6 × .50 cal. machine guns |
| Landing Craft: | 4 LCACs or 21 LCM-6s |
| Motto: | Deliver Liberty, Defend Freedom |
Ashland was laid down on 4 April 1988, by the Avondale Shipyards, New Orleans, La.; launched and christened on 11 November 1989, sponsored by Mrs. Kathleen Foley, wife of Admiral Sylvester R. Foley, Jr. (Ret.); and commissioned on 9 May 1992, at New Orleans. As of 2005, Ashland is homeported at NAB Little Creek, Virginia, and assigned to Amphibious Group 2.
2005 rocket attack
On August 19, 2005, the Ashland and the USS Kearsarge were targeted by three Katyusha rockets while in port in Aqaba, Jordan. The vessels were not hit, but one Jordanian soldier was killed and another was wounded after two rockets hit nearby docks. The third rocket landed on a taxi near the Eilat airport in Israel but did not explode. Responsibility was claimed by the Abdullah al-Azzam Brigades, which states that it is associated with the al-Qaeda terrorist group.
See also
For other ships of the same name, see USS Ashland.Reference
This article includes text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships''.External links
- [history.navy.mil: USS Ashland]
- [navsource.org: USS Ashland]
- [nvr.navy.mil: USS Ashland]
- [navysite.de: USS Ashland]
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