Keywords: USS Ashland (LSD-48).jpg 070516-N-2456S-059 VIRGINIA BEACH Va - Sailors assigned to the Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship USS Ashland LSD 48 man the rails as the ship pulls into Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek after a six-month deployment Ashland returned home after acting as an Afloat Staging Base and maintained sustained combat operations in support of the global war on terrorism http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 46260 May 16 2007 U S Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman John Suits RELEASED PD-USGov-Military-Navy USS Ashland LSD-48 Manning the rail in the United States Navy |