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Souda Bay, Crete, Greece (Sep. 01, 2005) The Landing Ship, Dock USS ASHLAND (LSD 48) and embarked elements of 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) arrive in Souda harbor for a routine port visit on Greece's largest island. Ashland is assigned to the KEARSARGE Expeditionary Strike Group and has been on a regular deployment from its homeport of Norfolk, Virginia since March. USS ASHLAND is the eighth WHIDBEY ISLAND class amphibious transport dock designed to transport Marines and their combat gear throughout the world and then to launch and support assault landing craft and helicopters during amphibious operations against hostile shores. ASHLAND carries Landing Craft Air Cushion vehicles (LCACs), as well as conventional landing craft. U.S. Navy photo by Paul Farley