USS Ashland (LSD-1)
| Career | |
|---|---|
| Laid down: | 22 June 1942 |
| Launched: | 21 December 1942 |
| Commissioned: | 5 June 1943 27 December 1950 29 November 1961 |
| Decommissioned: | March 1946 14 September 1957 22 November 1969 |
| Struck: | 25 November 1969 |
| Fate: | sold for scrap, May 1970 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 4,032 tons (light draft), 7,930 tons (loaded) |
| Length: | 457 ft 9 in (139.52 m) |
| Beam: | 72 ft 2 in (22.00 m) |
| Draft: | 15 ft 5.5 in (4.712 m) fwd, 16 ft 2 in (4.93 m) aft (loaded) |
| Propulsion: | 2 Babcock and Wilcox boilers, oil-fired; 2 Skinner Uni-Flow reciprocating engines; Twin screws |
| Speed: | 17 knots (31 km/h) |
| Endurance: | 8,000 nmi. at 15 knots (15,000 km at 28 km/h) |
| Capacity: | 22 officers, 218 men |
| Complement: | 23 officers, 267 men |
| Armament: | • 1 × 5 in / 38 cal. DP gun; • 2 × 40 mm quad AA guns • 2 × 40 mm twin AA guns • 16 × 20 mm AA guns |
USS Ashland (LSD-1) was the lead ship of her class—indeed, the first dock landing ship of the United States Navy. She was the first Navy ship to be named for Ashland, the estate of Henry Clay, in Lexington, Kentucky.
Ashland was laid down on 22 June 1942 at Oakland, California, by the Moore Dry Dock Company; launched on 21 December 1942; sponsored by Mrs. Jabez Lowell, the wife of Captain Lowell who was then the inspector of naval material at San Francisco; and commissioned on 5 June 1943, Lieutenant Commander Francis J. Harris in command.
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