Gunston Hall (LSD 5) - Naval Cruise Book

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WHEN NORTH ISLAND NAVAL A R STATION, BACKGROUND BELOW , HAD FALLEN BEHIND THE STERN THE SHIP ' S COMPANY TURNED THEIR EYES TOWARDS PEARL HARBOR, HAWAII, THE FIRST STOP OF THE CRUISE. AFTER THAT WOULD COME INCHON, KOREA, AND THEN SASEBO JAPAN. WHERE THE FIRST EXTENSIVE LIBERTY PERIOD WOULD BE. THE EM- PLOYMENT SCHEDULE LOOKED PRETTY ATTRACTIVE AND EVEN AFTER THE DEMANDS OF THE SEVENTH FLEET HAD ALTERED THE SCHEDULE A GOOD BIT, ALL HANDS LOOKED FOR- WARD TO VISITING KAOHSIUNG, FORMOSA. AND BEPPU, NAGOYA AND YOKOSUKA, JAPAN. AMPHIBIOUS EXERCISE. -JOLLY ROGER ENDED IN THE M ' DDLE OF SEPTEMBER AND AFTER A STOP IN YOKOSUKA TO UNLOAD THE SHIP SAILED TO SUB.C BAY, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS FOR A REPAIR AVAILABILITY . i

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THE CRUISE THE GUNSTON HALL LEFT SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, 21 JUNE 196 0AND STEAMED WEST IN COMPANY WITH SHIPS OF AMPHIBIOUS SQUADRON ONE. THE TRIP WAS LONG BUT THE TIME WENT FAST WITH ALL THE TRAINING ACTIVITIES SUCH AS TRANSFERS AT SEA.

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THE SECOND QUARTER EMPLOYMENT SCHEDULE GAVE THE GUNSTON HALL ANOTHER GOOD LIST OF PORTS OF CALL. WHEN THE MARINE AFLOAT BATTALION NEEDED TO BE ROTATED GUNSTON HALL performed the task LOGGING IN THE MILES BETWEEN SUBIC BAY AND OKINAWA. HONGKONG WAS HOST TO THE SHIP ' S COMPANY 19 TO 23 OCTOBER AND THERE A GOOD TIME WAS HAD BY ALL. THERE FOLLOWED STOPS AT NUMAZU AND YOKOSUKA, KEELUNG IN FORMOSA, AND THEN UPKEEP AT YOKOSUKA BEFORE DEPAR- TING FOR THE UNITED STATES ON THE 5TH OF DECEMBER. HOWEVER, FATE HAD SOME ADDITIONAL DELAYS IN STORE FOR GUNSTON HALL. FIRST THE BOILERS AND THEN THE ENGINES SUFFER ED CASUALTI ES AND YOKOSUKA SAW A GOOD BIT MORE OF THE CREW. GUNSTON HALL CELEBRATED CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEARS AT BERTH 7, FLEET ACTI- VITIES, YOKOSUKA, AND DID NOT RETURN TO SAN DIEGO UNTIL EARLY IN 1961. I- tdltmmp ' v -Scr j • • -i : 3 ■ 1