USS Ashland (LSD-48)

GPTKB entity

Statements (49)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer
Royal Navy ship
gptkbp:aircraftCarried 2 × CH-46 Sea Knight or similar helicopters
gptkbp:armament 2 × 25 mm Mk 38 guns
2 × Rolling Airframe Missile launchers
6 × .50 cal machine guns
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Global_War_on_Terrorism_Expeditionary_Medal
gptkb:Meritorious_Unit_Commendation
gptkb:National_Defense_Service_Medal
gptkb:Navy_E_Ribbon
gptkb:Humanitarian_Service_Medal
gptkb:Sea_Service_Deployment_Ribbon
gptkb:Navy_Unit_Commendation
gptkb:Navy_and_Marine_Corps_Overseas_Service_Ribbon
gptkb:Armed_Forces_Expeditionary_Medal
gptkb:Global_War_on_Terrorism_Service_Medal
gptkbp:beam 84 feet
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Avondale_Shipyards
gptkbp:class gptkb:Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer
gptkbp:commissioned 9 May 1992
gptkbp:crew 22 officers
391 enlisted
gptkbp:displacement 16,000 tons (full load)
gptkbp:homeport gptkb:Naval_Station_Little_Creek
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Ashland (LSD-48)
gptkbp:hullNumber gptkb:LSD-48
gptkbp:laidDown 4 April 1988
gptkbp:launched 11 November 1989
gptkbp:length 610 feet
gptkbp:mission Amphibious warfare
gptkbp:name gptkb:USS_Ashland
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Ashland,_Kentucky
gptkbp:notableEvent Captured Somali pirates in 2010
Fired upon by Somali pirates in 2010
gptkbp:operator gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:propulsion Diesel engines
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:USS_Germantown_(LSD-42)
gptkb:USS_Gunston_Hall_(LSD-44)
gptkb:USS_Rushmore_(LSD-47)
gptkb:USS_Whidbey_Island_(LSD-41)
gptkb:USS_Comstock_(LSD-45)
gptkb:USS_Fort_McHenry_(LSD-43)
gptkb:USS_Tortuga_(LSD-46)
gptkbp:speed 20 knots
gptkbp:status active
gptkbp:website https://www.surflant.usff.navy.mil/lsd48/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:U.S._Navy_ships
gptkb:Amphibious_Squadron_56
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5