Ashland-class dock landing ship

USS Ashland (LSD-1) underway off Cape Henry, Virginia, 20 May 1953
Class overview
Builders:	Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Company
Operators:	United States Navy
Succeeded by:	Casa Grande-class dock landing ship
In commission:	1943 - 1944
Planned:	8
Completed:	8
Active:	0
General characteristics
Displacement:	4,032 tons (light draft), 7,930 tons (loaded)
Length:	457 ft 9 in (139.52 m)
Beam:	72 ft 2 in (22.00 m)
Draft:	15 ft 5.5 in (4.712 m) fwd, 16 ft 2 in (4.93 m) aft (loaded)
Propulsion:	2 Babcock & Wilcox boilers, oil-fired; 2 Skinner Uni-Flow reciprocating engines; Twin screws
Speed:	17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph)
Endurance:	8,000 nm at 15 knots (15,000 km at 28 km/h)
Capacity:	22 officers, 218 men
Complement:	23 officers, 267 men
Armament:	1 × 5 in / 38 cal. DP gun; 2 × 40 mm quad AA guns 2 × 40 mm twin AA guns 16 × 20 mm AA guns

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.