Gunston Hall (LSD 5) - Naval Cruise Book

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THE COMMANDING OFFICER OF THE TUNGHAI, CAPTAIN T. C. WANG, TRIED HIS HAND AT EMBARKING FROM THE MARINE ' S EYE VIEW. BELOW, ONE LVT HAD DIFFICULTY WITH THE SURF AND BROACHED IN THE WELL. TO REMEDY THE SITUATION THE DECK FORCE HAD TO APPLY THE BASIC PRINCIPLE OF SEAMANSHIP - HEAVE .

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LEARNING THE ROPES OF EMBARKING AND DEBARKING AMPHIBIOUS VEHICLES AND BOATS, AS WELL AS THE MECHANICS OF BALLASTING AND DEBALLASTI NG , WAS NO EASY TASK FOR A FIVE DAY TRAINING PERIOD BUT THE CHINESE MADE THEIR BEST EFFORT. THE TUNG HAI (FORMER USS WHITE MARSH LSD 8) WAS TO BE ACTIVATED EARLY IN 196 1 AND THE ORIENTATION ON GUNSTON HALL WAS BENEFICIAL FOR ITS PROSPECTIVE CREW. AT RIGHT CHINESE MARINES LEARNED HOWTOHANDLE THEIR LVT IN THE WELL. BELOW THEY NEGOTIATED TH E SW I M- MING-IN ' ' .

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1 ! f WITH ALL THE HANDLING LINES MADE UP ON THE CATWALKS AND THE WELL DECK DRY, THE CHINESE MARINES AND KEN ROBERTS, FOREGROUND, TOOK TIME OUT TO POSE FOR A PICTURE. BELOW, CHELEC REINKE WAS OFFICER OF THE DECK WHEN THE CHINESE LEFT AFTER THE DAYS TRAINING ACTIVITIES WERE OVER.