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USS Ashland LSD-48 Patch
Sailors, enjoy this beautifully embroidered USS Ashland LSD-48 Patch. You can wear it proudly on a uniform or a jacket.
- 4 inches
- Embroidered
- US Naval Aviator Owned Business
Souda Bay, Crete, Greece (Sep. 1, 2005) –
The dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD 48) and embarked elements of 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), arrive in Souda Harbor for a routine port visit on Greece’s largest island. Ashland is assigned to the Kearsarge Expeditionary Strike Group and has been on a regular deployment from its homeport of Little Creek, Va., since March.
U.S. Navy photo by Paul Farley
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USS Ashland (LSD-48) is a Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship of the United States Navy. She was the second Navy ship to be named for Ashland, the home of Henry Clay, in Lexington, Kentucky.
Ashland was laid down on 4 April 1988, by the Avondale Shipyards, New Orleans, Louisiana; launched and christened on 11 November 1989, sponsored by Mrs. Kathleen Foley, wife of Admiral Sylvester R. Foley, Jr. (Ret.); and commissioned on 9 May 1992, at New Orleans. As of April 2023, Ashland is homeported at Naval Base San Diego, and assigned to Expeditionary Strike Group 3.
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