USS Oak Hill (LSD-51)

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USS Oak Hill Souda Bay, Crete, Greece, 9 Feb 2006
History
United States
Name	Oak Hill
Namesake	Oak Hill in Loudon County, Virginia
Ordered	27 March 1991
Builder	Avondale Shipyard[citation needed]
Laid down	21 September 1992
Launched	11 June 1994
Commissioned	8 June 1996
Homeport	JEB Little Creek, Norfolk, Virginia
Identification	MMSI number: 368928000 Callsign: NRDE
Motto	Nations' Protector
Status	in active service
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General characteristics
Class and type	Harpers Ferry-class dock landing ship
Displacement	12,314 tons (light) 19,600 tons (full)
Length	609 ft 7 in (185.80 m)
Beam	84 ft (26 m)
Draft	21 ft (6.4 m)
Decks	12
Installed power	4 Fairbanks Morse 12 cylinder opposed piston generators
Propulsion	4 Colt Industries, 16-cylinder diesel engines, 2 shafts, 33,000 shp (25,000 kW)
Speed	over 24.5 knots (45.4 km/h; 28.2 mph)
Boats & landing craft carried	2 Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) or 1 Landing Craft Utility (LCU)
Capacity	15 amphibious assault vehicles, 2 M1A1 Abrams tanks
Troops	Marine detachment: 402 + 102 surge
Complement	24 officers, 397 enlisted
Armament	2 × 25 mm Mk 38 cannons 2 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS mounts 2 × Rolling Airframe Missile 6 × 0.5 in (12.7 mm) M2HB machine guns

USS Oak Hill (LSD-51) is a Harpers Ferry-class dock landing ship of the United States Navy. She is named in honor of Oak Hill, the residence of James Monroe, the fifth president of the United States. The Monroe Doctrine was penned at Oak Hill, and subsequently delivered at an 1823 congressional address which asserted that the Western Hemisphere was never to be colonized again. This doctrine is the inspiration for the ship's motto: Nations' Protector. Oak Hill is the second ship to honor the residence.^[1]

Oak Hill is currently homeported at Little Creek Amphibious Base, Virginia Beach, Virginia, and is assigned to Amphibious Squadron 8.^[1]