Whidbey Island class - L - Landing Ship/Platform Dock IMO: 4681797 MMSI: 368921000 Flight Deck: Call Sign: NAOW Shipyard: Avondale Shipyard Events ---Filter---Laid downLaunchedCommissionedDeploymentHomeport History of USS Ashland LSD-48 1988-apr-04Laid downLaid down 1989-nov-11LaunchedLaunched 1992-may-09CommissionedCommissioned 1992-may-10HomeportHomeport Little Creek naval base 2013-aug-23HomeportHomeport Sasebo Naval Base relieved USS Tortuga as part of 7th Fleet Forward Deployed Naval Force at Sasebo. 2015-jul-15NEWS MV-22 Osprey in Talisman Sabre 2015 2016-mar-18NEWS USA and South Korea Exercise Ssang Yong 2016 2017-sep-19NEWSMCAS Futenma 31st MEU Completes Deployment, Returns to Okinawa 2018-janDeploymentDeployment Sasebo Naval Base Wasp Strike Group Part of Expeditionary Strike Group supporting USS Wasp in her Jan-Apr 2018 Pacfic deployment 2019-jul-28NEWSCoral Sea Marine Air Traffic Control Mobile Team 2019-jul-30NEWSCoral Sea Air Assault Company of a Marine Expeditionary Unit 2019-sep-18NEWSCamp Hansen Wasp Amphibious Ready Group in the East China Sea Add new event for this unitYear:Month: <- (1/12) Optional Day: <- (1/31) Optional Text: Add Event