Ashland, in accordance with her rules of engagement, returned fire. USS Ashland fired two rounds at the skiff from her MK-38 Mod 2, 25mm gun. The skiff caught fire and the suspected pirates ...

The USS Ashland, a landing dock ship, was participating in anti-piracy operations off the coast of Djibouti in April 2010 when it came under fire from pirates in a skiff. The Ashland fired two rounds ...

Five Somali men were convicted of piracy Wednesday for the 2010 attack on the USS Ashland off the coast of ... amphibious dock landing ship returned fire with a 25mm cannon, killing one man ...