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USS Ashland may refer to the following ships of the United States Navy:

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Oak Hill may refer to:

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Three ships of the United States Navy have borne the name USS Portland, named in honor of the cities of Portland, Maine, and Portland, Oregon.

USS Carter Hall may refer to the following ships of the United States Navy:

Two ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Germantown, after Germantown, Pennsylvania, the scene of an American Revolutionary War battle.

USS <i>Ashland</i> (LSD-48)

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.

USS Monticello may refer to the following ships of the United States Navy:

USS Hermitage may refer to:

The name USS Fort Snelling has been assigned to two dock landing ships of the United States Navy, in honor of Fort Snelling, a fort at the confluence of the Minnesota and Mississippi Rivers, for many years the northernmost military post in the land of the Sioux and Chippewa.

USS <i>Ashland</i> (LSD-1) WWII US dock landing ship

USS Ashland (LSD-1) was the lead ship of her class—the first dock landing ship of the United States Navy. She was the first Navy ship to be named for Ashland, the estate of Henry Clay, in Lexington, Kentucky.

Belle Grove may refer to:

Two ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Comstock after the Comstock Lode in Nevada. Discovered in 1859, it was one of the richest deposits of precious metals known in the world.

<i>Anchorage</i>-class dock landing ship

The Anchorage-class dock landing ships were a series of five dock landing ships (LSD) constructed and commissioned by the United States Navy between 1965 and 1972. US Navy decommissioned all five of them by 2003. They are succeeded by Whidbey Island-class LSDs and Harpers Ferry-class LSDs.

Two ships of the United States Navy have borne the name USS Gunston Hall, in honor of Gunston Hall.

Two ships of the United States Navy have borne the name USS Oak Hill, in honor of Oak Hill plantation, the estate of James Monroe, the fifth U.S. President, in Loudoun County, Virginia.

<i>Thomaston</i>-class dock landing ship

The Thomaston class was a class of eight dock landing ships built for the United States Navy in the 1950s.

Two ships of the United States Navy have borne the name USS Rushmore, in honor of the Mount Rushmore National Memorial in the Black Hills of South Dakota.

USS <i>White Marsh</i> (LSD-8)

USS White Marsh (LSD-8) was an Ashland-class dock landing ship of the United States Navy, named in honor of White Marsh, Virginia, the birthplace of Dr. Walter Reed (1851–1902).

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