Gunston Hall (LSD 5) - Naval Cruise Book

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U.S.S. GUNSTON HALL LSD-5 far eastern cruise 1953 EDITORIAL STAFF Editor and Photographer... W. A. Green, RM3USN Assistant Editor... .......A. F. H. Stegeman, RDSN USN Story Editor T. D. Heath, ENS. USNR Art - W. A. Moody, FTSN USN DEDICATION .... Strangely enough, we dedicate this book to our- selves. To remind us of our 1953 Far Eastern Cruise — of the events we lived an d the friends we made. We of the Editorial Staff hope this book will bring back a few memories in the years to come and that your sea stories grow larger and better with every telling. EDITOR Produced by THE JACK DAVIDSON SHIP ' S CRUISE PUBLISHING CO. 932 India Street San Diego 1, California

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ABOUT OUR SHIP U.S.S. Gunston Hall LSD-5 1755 GUNSTON HALL 1950 . •-. ' GUNSTON HALL The U.S.S. GUNSTON HALL {LSD-5), a 10,000 ton landing Ship Dock, was built by the Moore Dry-dock Company, Oak- land, California, and was commissioned on November 10th, 1943. ' The Gunston Hall was named after the home of George Mason (1725-1792), who was a statesman of Virginia during the Revolutionary War. He was born in Fairfax County, where his family had extensive land holdings and where he later built Gunston Hall. Shortly after her launching, the Gunston Hall commenced her shake-down training, and was soon ready for her first as- signment. After three years of service with the Pacific Fleet she was de-commissioned at San Diego, California, in 1946. In 1949 the Gunston Hall was recommissioned at the Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Washington. Taking her place once again with the Pacific Fleet Amphibious Force, she took part in Operation Miki, large scale landing operation at the Hawaiian Islands. The outbreak of the Korean War sent the Gunston Hall to the Far East in August, 1950, for her first Korean assignment. She took part in the historic Inchon and Wonsan Landings, and conducted minesweeping operations off the coast of North- ern Korea. Early February, 1951, the Gunston Hall arrived in San Diego after successfully completing her first tour in Korea. After a dry dock period at Bremerton, she returned to the Far East for her third tour in early 1953. This brought to her credit a total of twenty-six months in the Far East since the outbreak of the conflict.