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USS Gunston Hall (LSD-44)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Golf - Uniform - November
 NGUN
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Secretary of the Navy Letter of Commendation
Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Navy Battle "E" Ribbon (6)
Bottom Row - National Defense Service Medal - Armed Forces Service Medal - Southwest Asia Service Medal
Whidbey Island Class Dock Landing Ship:
  • Laid down, 26 May 1986, at Avondale Shipbuilding, New Orleans, LA.
  • Launched, 27 June 1987
  • Commissioned USS Gunston Hall (LSD-44), 22 April 1989
  • USS Gunston Hall is a unit of the US Atlantic Fleet assigned to COMPHIBGRU TWO, COMPHIBRON TWO, and is homeported at NAB Little Creek, VA.
    Specifications:
    Displacement 11,471 t.(lt), 16,360 t.(fl)
    Length 609' 7"
    Beam 84'
    Draft 19' 2"
    Speed 20+kts.
    Complement 20 Officers, 327 Enlisted
    Troop Accommodations 34 Officers, 471 Enlisted
    Aircraft Helicopters, (Flight Deck, 2 spots)
    Boats Well Deck Capacity up to five LCAC's
    Armament
    two (MK15 mod1) Phalanx (CIWS) 20mm Vulcan cannon gun mounts
    two (MK16) 25mm Bushmaster chain gun mounts
    six .50 cal. machine guns
    Propulsion four Colt Industries PC2.5V 16 cylinder diesels, 2 shafts, combined SHP 33,000
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    Gunston Hall 26k USS Gunston Hall (LSD-44) underway, date and location unknown.
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    Gunston Hall 29k USS Gunston Hall (LPD-44) moored pierside during port visit to Halifax, Nova Scotia, date unknown. Peter Wilson
    Gunston Hall 60k USS Gunston Hall (LSD-44) underway, date and location unknown.
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    Gunston Hall 36k USS Gunston Hall (LSD-44) moored pierside at Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek, VA., date unknown. Note the Navy Landing Craft, Air Cushion (LCAC) in this photo.
    US Navy photo    		 .
    Gunston Hall 71k USS Gunston Hall (LPD-44) loads out a Navy-Marine Corps amphibious team in mid-August for Operation Desert Shield.
    US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine, October 1990.    		 Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
    Santaquin 80k The large harbor tug Santaquin (YTB-824) assists USS Gunston Hall (LSD-44) into the harbor at Naval Amphibious Base, Little Creek, VA.,, 17 April 1999, as Gunston Hall Sailors and Marines man the rails. Gunston Hall was returning to her homeport after deploying to the Persian Gulf region for Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm.
    DVIC photo # DNST9109712 by PH3 Tuemler USN    		 Defense Visual Information Center
    Gunston Hall 398k USS Gunston Hall (LPD-44) (background), the guided missile cruiser USS Philippine Sea (CG-58) (foreground), and Al Jawf class HMS Shaqra (MHC-422) (center) conduct Surface Action Group operations during exercise Nautical Union. Nautical Union is a joint exercise directed through Commander Destroyer Squadron Five Zero (COMDESRON 50) between the U.S. and coalition forces. Nautical Union operations include conducting Maritime Security Operations (MSO) training, air defense, anti submarine warfare, surface warfare, mine counter measures, electronic warfare, replenishment at sea (RAS), and command and control. Maritime Security Operations (MSO) set the conditions for security and stability in the maritime environment as well as complements the counter-terrorism and security efforts of regional nations..
    US Navy photo # 050719-N-5526M-014 Persian Gulf July 19, 2005) by PH1 Robert R. McRill.    		 Robert M. Cieri
    There is no DANFS history available for USS Gunston Hall (LSD-44) at the US Naval Historical Center web site
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