LSD-1 Ashland

Country:  United States

Class, [Type]: Ashland, [LSD].

Builder: Moore Drydock Co., Oakland, California, U.S.A.

Launch date: 21 December 1942.

Commission date: 05 June 1943.

Decommission date: 22 November 1969.

Displacement ( tons ): 4.032 standard, 7.930 full load.

Dimensions ( metres ): 139,52 x 22 x 4,93

Main machinery: 2 x Babcock & Wilcox boilers, 2 x Skinner Uni-Flow reciprocating engines ( 14.000 hp ), 2 shafts.

Speed ( knots ): 17.

Range ( miles ): 8.000 at 15 knots.

Complement: 254 ( 17 officers ).

Guns: 1 x 127mm/38 Mk12, 2 x 40mm Bofors ( quad mounts ), 2 x 40mm Bofors ( double mounts ), 16 x 20mm.

Military lift: 240 soldiers ( 22 officers ), some cargo examples could be 3 x LCT MkV/VI carrying 5 medium tanks each, or 2 x LCT MkIII/IV carrying 12 medium tanks each, or 14 x LCM MkIII carrying 1 medium tank or 1,5tm cargo, or 47 x DUKW, or 41 x LVT.

Radar: ?.

Callsign: NUZF ()

Awards (as of 22/11/1969):