Latest "USS Ashland" stories

Best pics of the week: Feb. 28, 2021

Paratroopers train in Alaska, Marine recruits take part in Basic Warrior Training at Parris Island, a cadet shapes hot steel at the Air Force Academy, and more in this week's Frontline Photos.

2 years ago

Judge refuses to vacate Somali pirate’s sentence

He was on board a pirate skiff that opened fire on the amphibious dock landing ship Ashland in April 2010 in the Gulf of Aden.

3 years ago

Military forces from Hawaii to Guam pitch in to save Saipan, Tinian in the wake of super typhoon

Tinian was battered by sustained winds clocked at 178 miles per hour, making it the most powerful cyclone on record to ever wallop U.S. soil, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

By Carl Prine

4 years ago

US Navy ship with 2 women rescued at sea reaches Japan

Two women from Hawaii who were adrift on a storm-battered sailboat in the Pacific for months set foot on solid ground Monday at a U.S. Navy base in southern Japan.

5 years ago

Lost months at sea before Navy rescue, woman credit dogs for keeping spirits up

A planned voyage from Hawaii to Tahiti aboard a small sailboat didn’t start off well for two Honolulu women. One of their cellphones washed overboard and sank into the deep blue water on their first day at sea.

5 years ago

Navy rescues two lost-at-sea Hawaiians and their pups

The rescued women had been lost at sea for months after their sailboat trip from Hawaii to Tahiti went awry.

By Geoff Ziezulewicz

5 years ago

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