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USS Oak Hill (LSD-51)
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| Awarded: | 27 March 1991 |
| Laid down: | 21 September 1992 |
| Launched: | 11 June 1994 |
| Commissioned: | 8 June 1996 |
| Status: | Active in service as of 2007. |
| Homeport: | NAB Little Creek, Virginia |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 11,314 tons (light), 16,386 tons (full) |
| Length: | 610 ft overall (185.9 m) |
| Beam: | 84 ft (25.6 m) |
| Draft: | 21 ft (6.4 m) |
| Propulsion: | 4 Colt Industries, 16 cylinder diesel engines, 2 shafts, 33,000 shp (25 MW) |
| Speed: | 20+ knots (37+ km/h) |
| Complement: | 22 officers, 397 enlisted; Marine Detachment: 402 plus 102 surge |
| Armament: | 2 × 25 mm Mk-38 guns; 2 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS mounts; 2 × Rolling Airframe Missile launchers; 6 × .50 cal. machine guns |
| Landing Craft: | 2 LCACs |
| Motto: | Nation's Protector |
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USS Oak Hill (LSD-51) is a Harpers Ferry-class dock landing ship of the United States Navy. She was the second Navy ship to be named for Oak Hill, the home of President James Monroe in Loudoun County, Va.
Oak Hill was laid down on 21 September 1992, by the Avondale Shipyards, New Orleans, La.; launched on 11 June 1994; and commissioned on 8 June 1996.
As of 2005, Oak Hill is commanded by Commander Curtis J. Gilbert, homeported at NAB Little Creek, Virginia, and assigned to Amphibious Group 2.
See USS Oak Hill for other ships of the same name.
This article includes text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.
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