Gunston Hall (LSD 5) - Naval Cruise Book

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KAOHSIUNG ' S HARBOR, TOP LEFT. BUSY STREETS WERE COMMON IN THE FAR EAST, ABOVE .KAOHSIUNG . AT LEFT, THE YOUNG BOATMEN OF KAOHSIUNG WHO BARGAINED WITH CREW MEMBERS FOR UNWANTED ITEMS. ONE OF THE MANY KAOHSIUNG PEDI-CABS WHICH PROVIDED THE CREW WITH TRANSPORTATION AT BOTTOM LEFT. GOINGTO SEA IS OFTEN A FAMILY AFFAIR IN THE ORIENT AND ALL THE GANG TURNED TO WITH A WILL TO KEEP THE FAMILY VESSEL FROM GETTING UP AGAINST THE SIDE OF THE GUNSTON HALL.

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GUNSTON HALL ' S mission in the NAVY SCHEME WAS TO LOAD, LIFT, AND LAND TROOPS AND THEIR EQUIPMENT. IN 1960 THE MEN OF THE GUNSTON HALL DID A CONS IDEFiABLE AMOUNT OF THAT MISSION . TOP, AN ARMY JEEP AND TRAILER THAT GOT AN UNEXPECTED SALT WATER BATH UPON EMBARKING INTO AN LCU IN THE WELL . CENTER, AN ARMY TRUCK GOT A LIFT FROM THE WELL UP TO THE SUPER DECK COURTESYOFTHE PORT CRANE AND SOME OBLIGING BOATSWAINS . BOTTOM, AT CUBI POINT, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, THE PROBLEM OF LOADING 50 TON TANKS WITHOUT BALLASTING DOWN TO TAKE THEM IN AN LCU WAS SOLVED BY USING A LARGE FLOATING CRANE TO SWING THE MONSTERS IN THROUGH THE OPENED STERN GATE.

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F { GASKINS, HARRIS, LONG, CHIEF FOX AND IKENER ASSEMBLED THE CANOPY FOR THE KAOHSIUNG SHOW. LTJG AHRENS AND LTJG FOGARTY, THE SELF-TITLED LASTOFTHE GREAT NAVAL OFFICERS , GOT INTO THE SPIRIT OF THE OCCASION. AT RIGHT, THE WEDGE FORMATION FOR LSDS . BELOW HORN WATCHED KOTHE AND WILSON PITCH AT BEPPU ' S AMUSE- MENT PARK. RIGHT CHINESE NEW YEARS ON THE WINGWALL .