LSD-48 Ashland

Country:  United States

Class, [Type]: Whidbey Island, [LSD].

Builder: Avondale, New Orleans, Lousiana, U.S.A.

Launch date: 11 November 1989.

Commission date: 09 May 1992.

Displacement ( tons ): 11.125 standard, 15.726 full load.

Dimensions ( metres ): 185,6 x 25,6 x 6,3

Main machinery: 4 x Colt SEMT-Pielstick 16 PC2.5 V 400 diesels ( 37.440 hp ).

Speed ( knots ): 22.

Range ( miles ): 8.000 at 18 knots.

Complement: 340 ( 21 officers ).

Guns: 2 x GE/GD Vulcan Phalanx Mk15 CIWS 20mm, 2 x Mk38 25mm.

Missiles:  SAM: 2 x RAM.

Military lift: 450 soldiers, 4 x LCAC or 21 x LCM6 or 3 x LCU or 64 x LVTs. 2 x LCPL; 5.000 cubic feet for stores. 12.200 square feet for vehicles.

Radar: Air: Raytheon SPS 49V, C/D bands. Surface: Norden SPS67V, G band. Navigation: Raytheon SPS64(V)9, I/J bands; TACAN: URN25.

Countermeasures: Decoys: 4 x Loral Hycor SRBOC Mk36 y Mk50, chaff and flare dispensers; ESM: SLQ 32(V)1 or (V)2. SLQ49, radar warning.

Helicopter: has a platform in where 2 x CH53 Stallion helicopters can operate.

Callsign: NAOW ()

Awards (as of 12/02/2020): 

Similar units:

 LSD41 Whidbey Island
 LSD43 Fort McHenry
 LSD46 Tortuga