USS Ashland - Whidbey Island Class Dock Landing Ship   
United States Navy
USS Ashland (LSD-48)
Peter Wilson Photo
Length: 609 feet  
Beam: 84 feet  
Draft:   
Speed: 20+ knots  
Displacement: 15,939 tonnes full load  
Crew: 413 (plus 402 Marine detachment)
Propulsion: 4 Colt Industries Diesels 
Landing Craft: 4 Landing Craft Air Cushion
Armament: 2 25mm MK 38 Machine Guns/2 20mm Phalanx Close in Weapons Systems/6 .50 Calibre Machine Guns  
Commissioned: May 9, 1992  
Home Port: Little Creek, Virginia
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