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Dock Landing Ship
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LSD 48
- USS Ashland
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Type,
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Dock Landing Ship;
Whidbey Island - class |
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Builder:
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Avondale Shipyard,
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA |
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Awarded:
December 11,
1985 Laid
down: April 4, 1988 Launched: November 11, 1989 Commissioned: May 9, 1992 ACTIVE
UNIT/ in commission (Pacific Fleet) |
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Homeport:
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forward deployed at Sasebo, Japan
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Namesake:
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Named after Ashland Plantation, Lexington, Kentucky
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Ship's
Motto:
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DELIVER LIBERTY - DEFEND FREEDOM
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Technical Data:
(Measures, Propulsion, Armament, Aviation, etc.)
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ship
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South China Sea - June 2014
East China Sea - March 2014
White Beach Naval Facility, Japan -
November 2013
Little Creek, Virginia - June 2013
Little Creek, Virginia - September 2012
June 2010
5th Fleet AOR - May 2010
Gulf of Aden - April 2010
5th Fleet AOR - February 2010
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba - February 2010
Port Everglades, Florida - May 2009
Port Everglades, Florida - April 2009
Souda Bay, Crete, Greece - March 2008
Souda Bay, Crete, Greece - March 2008
Atlantic Ocean - February 2008
Atlantic Ocean - February 2008
Atlantic Ocean - February 2008
Atlantic Ocean - February 2008
Atlantic Ocean - February 2008
Souda Bay, Crete, Greece - April 2007
Little Creek, Virginia - November 2006
September 2005
Souda Bay, Crete, Greece - September 2005
Souda Bay, Crete, Greece - September 2005
May 2005
April 2005
Mediterranean Sea - April 2005
Kuwait - March 1998
NAB Little Creek, Virginia - 1996
USS Ponce (LPD 15) and USS Ashland (LSD 48),
right - 1996
1992
May 1992
May 1992
1992
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1992
1992
1992
November 1989
launching - November 1989
November 1989
November 1989
November 1989
November 1989 |
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Ashland Plantation, Kentucky, USA |
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Namesake & History: |
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Ashland Plantation, Lexington, Kentucky: USS Ashland is named for Ashland plantation, the
home of Henry Clay, which is located in Lexington, Kentucky. It was designed
by Benjamin H. Latrobe who rebuilt our Nation’s Capitol at Washington D.C.
after it was burnt during the War of 1812. The name Ashland and Henry Clay
are synonymous with determination. Ashland is a Federal-Italianate style home
that has significant historical significance as a 19th century mansion. Henry
Clay was a prominent lawyer and politician from Kentucky in the 1800’s and a
major influence on Abraham Lincoln. Henry Clay held a prominent role in the
War of 1812 and was instrumental in the development of the pre-Civil War
United States. |
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