Ashland-class dock landing ship

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USS Ashland underway off Cape Henry, Virginia, 20 May 1953
Class overview
Builders	Moore Dry Dock Company
Operators	United States Navy
Succeeded by	Casa Grande class
In commission	1943–1970
Planned	8
Completed	8
Active	0
General characteristics
Type	Landing Ship, Dock
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 & Wilcox boilers, oil-fired; 2 Skinner Uni-Flow reciprocating engines; Twin screws
Speed	17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph)
Endurance	8,000 nmi (15,000 km; 9,200 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Troops	22 officers, 218 enlisted
Complement	23 officers, 267 enlisted
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

The Ashland-class dock landing ship were the first of their type and were built during World War II. A Landing Ship, Dock (hull classification LSD) is a form of auxiliary warship designed to support amphibious operations.

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