be removed for outsized cargo. In December 2020 the U.S. Navy's Report to Congress on the Annual Long-Range Plan for Construction of Naval Vessels stated that it was planned that all LSDs would be placed Out of Commission in Reserve by 2027. Ashland-class , later MCS-7 , later ARA Cándido de Lasala , later ROCS Chung Cheng until 1985 Casa Grande-class (LSD-9) To Britain as HMS Eastway (LSD-10) To Britain as HMS Highway (LSD-11) To Britain as HMS Northway (LSD-12) To Britain as HMS Oceanway , later ROCS Chung Cheng after 1985 USS Fort Snelling (LSD-23), canceled, sold for commercial service, later reacquired and converted to USS Point Defiance (LSD-24), canceled Thomaston-class The Thomaston class would be the first class of LSDs capable of 20 knots. , later Brazilian Rio de Janeiro , later Brazilian Ceará Anchorage-class The Anchorage class was basically the Thomaston class with the well deck enlarged (49 feet longer and 2 feet wider) to accommodate the new larger LCU-1610 class. They would later be modified to carry up to 3 LCACs. , later ROCS Hsu Hai Whidbey Island-class The Whidbey Island-class were the first LSDs designed to accommodate Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) - up to 5 LCACs could be carried - and the first in which the helicopter deck would not be removable. [I] [A] [I] [A] [A] [A] [A] [A] Harpers Ferry-class The Harpers Ferry-class is basically the Whidbey Island-class with more cargo capacity at the expense of a shorter well deck which could carry 2 LCACs. [A] [A] [A] [A] Mechanized Artillery Transports (APM) The APM hull classification was short-lived; it was changed to Landing Ship Dock (LSD). USS Ashland (APM-1) USS Belle Grove (APM-2) USS Carter Hall (APM-3) USS Epping Forest (APM-4) USS Gunston Hall (APM-5) USS Lindenwald (APM-6) USS Oak Hill (APM-7) USS White Marsh (APM-8) USS Lakehurst (APM-9) Amphibious Command Ship (LCC) All Amphibious Force Flagships (AGC) in service in 1969 were reclassed as Amphibious Command Ships (LCC), which should not be confused with the World War II era Landing Craft, Control (LCC). Mount McKinkey-class USS Mount McKinley (LCC-7) USS Eldorado (LCC-11) USS Estes (LCC-12) Adirondack-class USS Pocono (LCC-16) USS Taconic (LCC-17) Blue Ridge-class The Blue Ridge-class would be the only amphibious command ships purposely built as such by the US Navy, and the first and only class capable of exceeding 20 knots. Their hulls were based on the Iwo