&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:US_Navy_050901-N-0780F-003_The_dock_landing_ship_USS_Ashland_(LSD_48)_and_embarked_elements_of_26th_Marine_Expeditionary_Unit_(MEU),_arrive_in_Souda_Harbor.jpg) USS Ashland (LSD-48) in Souda Harbor
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | Ashland |
| Namesake | Ashland |
| Ordered | 11 December 1985 |
| Laid down | 4 April 1988 |
| Launched | 11 November 1989 |
| Commissioned | 9 May 1992 |
| Homeport | San Diego, California |
| Motto | Deliver Liberty, Defend Freedom |
| Status | in active service |
| Badge | &sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:USS_Ashland_LSD-48_Crest.png) |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship |
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| Length | 610 ft (190 m) |
| Beam | 84 ft (26 m) |
| Draft | 21 ft (6.4 m) |
| Propulsion | 4 Colt Industries, 16-cylinder diesel engines, 2 shafts, 33,000 shp (25,000 kW) |
| Speed | over 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
| Boats & landing craft carried | 4 LCACs or 21 LCM-6 or up to 36 Amphibious Assault Vehicles |
| Capacity | on deck: one LCM-6, two LCPL and one LCVP |
| Troops | Marine detachment: 402 + 102 surge |
| Complement | 22 officers, 391 enlisted |
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USS Ashland (LSD-48) is a Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship of the United States Navy. She was the second Navy ship to be named for Ashland, the home of Henry Clay, in Lexington, Kentucky.
Ashland was laid down on 4 April 1988, by the Avondale Shipyards, New Orleans, Louisiana; 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 April 2023, Ashland is homeported at Naval Base San Diego, and assigned to Expeditionary Strike Group 3.