Ashland class dock landing ship
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A Landing Ship, Dock (hull classification LSD) is a form of auxiliary warship designed to support amphibious operations. The Ashland class dock landing ship were the first of the type and were built during World War II
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World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
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Ships
| Ship | Hull No. | Builder | Commissioned |
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| Ashland USS Ashland (LSD-1) USS Ashland 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 boyhood home of Henry Clay, in Lexington, Kentucky.... |
LSD-1 | Moore, Oakland Moore Dry Dock Company Moore Dry Dock Company was a ship repair and shipbuilding company in Oakland, California. It was started in San Francisco in 1905 as the Moore & Scott Iron Works, but was destroyed by fire in the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. It reopened soon and in 1909 purchased the Boole Shipyard in Oakland.... |
5 June 1943 |
| Belle Grove USS Belle Grove (LSD-2) USS Belle Grove was a of the United States Navy, named in honor of Belle Grove Plantation, the birthplace of President James Madison in Port Conway, Virginia.... |
LSD-2 | Moore, Oakland | 9 August 1943 |
| Carter Hall USS Carter Hall (LSD-3) USS Carter Hall was an in the United States Navy, named in honor of Carter Hall, the Millwood, Virginia estate of Lt.Col. Nathaniel Burwell .... |
LSD-3 | Moore, Oakland | 18 September 1943 |
| Epping Forest USS Epping Forest (LSD-4) USS Epping Forest was an acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II for duty in the Pacific Theater. Her task was to carry and land amphibious landing craft and other equipment and to recover and repair landing craft when possible... |
LSD-4 | Moore, Oakland | 11 October 1943 |
| Gunston Hall USS Gunston Hall (LSD-5) USS Gunston Hall was an in the United States Navy, named in honor of Gunston Hall, the estate of George Mason , one of the Founding Fathers of the United States.... |
LSD-5 | Moore, Oakland | 10 November 1943 |
| Lindenwald USS Lindenwald (LSD-6) USS Lindenwald was an of the United States Navy, named in honor of Lindenwald, the New York estate of President Martin Van Buren .... |
LSD-6 | Moore, Oakland | 9 December 1943 |
| Oak Hill USS Oak Hill (LSD-7) USS Oak Hill was an Ashland-class dock landing ship of the United States Navy, named in honor of Oak Hill, the Virginia estate of President James Monroe .... |
LSD-7 | Moore, Oakland | 5 January 1944 |
| White Marsh USS White Marsh (LSD-8) USS White Marsh was an of the United States Navy, named in honor of White Marsh, the birthplace of Dr. Walter Reed , in Gloucester County, Virginia.... |
LSD-8 | Moore, Oakland | 29 January 1944 |