1992 to present    

LSD-48 USS Ashland

US US Navy





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Call Sign: NAOW
Shipyard: Avondale Shipyard





  Events


History of US USS Ashland LSD-48

1988-apr-04Laid downLaid down
1989-nov-11LaunchedLaunched
1992-may-09CommissionedCommissioned
1992-may-10HomeportHomeport Little Creek naval base
2015-jul-15NEWS MV-22 Osprey in Talisman Sabre 2015
2016-mar-18NEWS USA and South Korea Exercise Ssang Yong 2016
2017-sep-19NEWSJPMCAS Futenma 31st MEU Completes Deployment, Returns to Okinawa
2018-janDeploymentDeployment JP 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-18NEWSJPCamp Hansen Wasp Amphibious Ready Group in the East China Sea



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  Specifications


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 diesel

2Naval Gun Mark 38 25 mm
2Close-In Weapon System CIWS Phalanx 20 mm
4Chaff and decoys Mark 36 SRBOC

1Naval Radar air search radar AN/SPS-49
1Naval Radar surface search radar AN/SPS-67
1Naval Radar surface search and navigation radar AN/SPS-64

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Landing platform only. No hangar
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  Builder


US Avondale Shipyard,




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