LSD-48 USS Ashland US Navy ---- usa classes ----Aircraft Carrier (Nuclear Powered) ............ Enterprise classAircraft Carrier (Nuclear Powered) ............ Ford classAircraft Carrier (Nuclear Powered) ............ Improved Nimitz classAircraft Carrier (Nuclear Powered) ............ Nimitz classAircraft Carrier ............ America (1965) classAircraft Carrier ............ Casablanca classAircraft Carrier ............ Commencement Bay classAircraft Carrier ............ Essex (long hull) classAircraft Carrier ............ Essex (short hull) classAircraft Carrier ............ Forrestal classAircraft Carrier ............ Independence classAircraft Carrier ............ John F Kennedy classAircraft Carrier ............ Kitty Hawk classAircraft Carrier ............ Midway classGuided-Missile Cruiser (Nuclear Powered) ............ Bainbridge classGuided-Missile Cruiser (Nuclear Powered) ............ California classGuided-Missile Cruiser (Nuclear Powered) ............ Long Beach classGuided-Missile Cruiser (Nuclear Powered) ............ Truxtun classGuided-Missile Cruiser (Nuclear Powered) ............ Virginia classGuided-Missile Cruiser ............ Albany classGuided-Missile Cruiser ............ Belknap classGuided-Missile Cruiser ............ Boston classGuided-Missile Cruiser ............ Galveston classGuided-Missile Cruiser ............ Leahy classGuided-Missile Cruiser ............ Providence classGuided-Missile Cruiser ............ Ticonderoga classGuided-Missile Cruiser ............ Ticonderoga VLS classCruiser ............ Baltimore classCruiser ............ Brooklyn classCruiser ............ Cleveland classCruiser ............ Oregon City classCruiser ............ St. Louis classGuided-Missile Destroyer ............ Arleigh Burke classGuided-Missile Destroyer ............ Arleigh Burke Flight I classGuided-Missile Destroyer ............ Arleigh Burke Flight II classGuided-Missile Destroyer ............ Arleigh Burke Flight IIA classGuided-Missile Destroyer ............ Charles F. Adams classGuided-Missile Destroyer ............ Charles F. Adams NTU classGuided-Missile Destroyer ............ Coontz classGuided-Missile Destroyer ............ Kidd classDestroyer ............ Allen M. Sumner classDestroyer ............ Farragut classDestroyer ............ Fletcher classDestroyer ............ Forrest Sherman classDestroyer ............ Gearing classDestroyer ............ Mitscher classDestroyer ............ Spruance classGuided-Missile Frigate ............ Brooke classGuided-Missile Frigate ............ Oliver Hazard Perry classGuided-Missile Frigate ............ Oliver Hazard Perry long-hull classFrigate ............ Bronstein classFrigate ............ Claud Jones classFrigate ............ Dealey classFrigate ............ Garcia classFrigate ............ Knox classCoast Guards ............ Famous MEC classCoast Guards ............ Hamilton classCoast Guards ............ National Security CutterCoast Guards ............ Reliance MEC classCoast Guards ............ Sentinel classLittoral combat ship ............ Freedom classLittoral combat ship ............ Independence classLittoral combat ship ............ Sea Fighter classCommand ship ............ Blue Ridge classAssault Carrier ............ America (2014) classAssault Carrier ............ Essex assault classAssault Carrier ............ Iwo Jima classAssault Carrier ............ Tarawa classAssault Carrier ............ Wasp classLanding Ship/Platform Dock ............ Anchorage classLanding Ship/Platform Dock ............ Ashland classLanding Ship/Platform Dock ............ Austin classLanding Ship/Platform Dock ............ Casa Grande classLanding Ship/Platform Dock ............ Harpers Ferry classLanding Ship/Platform Dock ............ Lewis B Puller ClassLanding Ship/Platform Dock ............ LST-491 classLanding Ship/Platform Dock ............ Newport classLanding Ship/Platform Dock ............ Raleigh classLanding Ship/Platform Dock ............ San Antonio classLanding Ship/Platform Dock ............ Thomaston classLanding Ship/Platform Dock ............ Whidbey Island classSupport Ship ............ Cimarron classSupport Ship ............ Curtis and Wright classSupport Ship ............ Henry J. Kaiser classSupport Ship ............ Kilauea classSupport Ship ............ Lewis and Clark classSupport Ship ............ Mars classSupport Ship ............ Mercy classSupport Ship ............ Montford Point classSupport Ship ............ Rigel classSupport Ship ............ Sacramento classSupport Ship ............ Samuel Gompers classSupport Ship ............ Shenandoah classSupport Ship ............ Sirius classSupport Ship ............ Supply classSupport Ship ............ Theriot Offshore V classSupport Ship ............ Wichita classSupport Ship ............ Yellowstone classIcebreakers ............ Healy classIcebreakers ............ Polar classIcebreakers ............ Wind class--More------ Whidbey Island class ships ----US Navy ----- LSD-41 USS Whidbey IslandUS Navy ----- LSD-42 USS GermantownUS Navy ----- LSD-43 USS Fort McHenryUS Navy ----- LSD-44 USS Gunston HallUS Navy ----- LSD-45 USS ComstockUS Navy ----- LSD-46 USS TortugaUS Navy ----- LSD-47 USS RushmoreUS Navy ----- LSD-48 USS Ashland--More-- 1992 to present Data Login to Edit Whidbey Island class L - Landing Ship/Platform Dock IMO: MMSI: Flight Deck: Call Sign: NAOW Shipyard: Avondale Shipyard Events Help Us Add new event for this unitYear:Month: <- (1/12) Optional Day: <- (1/31) Optional Text: Add Event ---Filter---Laid downLaunchedCommissionedDeploymentHomeportHistory of LSD-48 USS Ashland1988-apr-4Laid down1989-nov-11Launched1992-may-9Commissioned1992-may-10HomeportLittle Creek naval base 2015-jul-15NEWS MV-22 Osprey in Talisman Sabre 20152016-mar-18NEWS USA and South Korea Exercise Ssang Yong 20162017-sep-19NEWS MCAS Futenma 31st MEU Completes Deployment, Returns to Okinawa2018-janDeploymentSasebo Naval Base Wasp Strike Group Part of Expeditionary Strike Group supporting USS Wasp in her Jan-Apr 2018 Pacfic deployment2019-jul-28NEWS Coral Sea Marine Air Traffic Control Mobile Team2019-jul-30NEWS Coral Sea Air Assault Company of a Marine Expeditionary Unit2019-sep-18NEWS Camp Hansen Wasp Amphibious Ready Group in the East China Sea Specifications from Whidbey Island class 415crew 402troops 15725full load (tn) 186length (m) 25.60beam (m) 6.30draught (m) 8000range (nm) 22max speed (knots) 33000power (shp) 4Naval Engine diesel2Naval Gun Mark 38 25 mm2Close-In Weapon System CIWS Phalanx 20 mm 4Chaff and decoys Mark 36 SRBOC1Naval Radar air search radar AN/SPS-491Naval Radar surface search radar AN/SPS-671Naval Radar surface search and navigation radar AN/SPS-64 Aircraft Typical Max Landing platform only. No hangar US Navy Sikorsky MH-53E Sea Dragon 02 USMC B-V 107M H-46 Sea Knight 03The Max option implies only aircraft of this model onboard Builder Avondale Shipyard,