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U.S.S. GUNSTON HALL
(LSD-5)U CALL WE HALL GUNSTON HALL
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LSD-5 Deployments - Major Events
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| Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAY | 1943 | - | Launch Date: 1 MAY 1943 | ||
| NOV | 1943 | - | Commissioned: 10 NOV 1943 | ||
| FEB | 1944 | - | Shellback Initiation - 8 FEB 1944 - Pacific Ocean | ||
| JAN | 1946 | - | OCT | 1947 | atomic bomb |
| MAR | 1949 | - | MAR | 1949 | Recommisioned |
| JUL | 1957 | - | MAR | 1958 | West Pac |
| OCT | 1961 | - | APR | 1962 | West Pac |
| OCT | 1962 | - | NOV | 1962 | Cuban Missle Blockade |
| OCT | 1962 | - | NOV | 1962 | Cuban Missle Blockade |
| OCT | 1962 | - | OCT | 1962 | Cuban Missle Blockade |
| NOV | 1964 | - | JUN | 1965 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| JAN | 1965 | - | FEB | 1966 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| SEP | 1965 | - | JUN | 1966 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| JAN | 1966 | - | FEB | 1967 | Took PACV'S to Nam |
| MAY | 1966 | - | Shellback Initiation - 30 MAY 1966 - Pacific Ocean | ||
| MAR | 1967 | - | SEP | 1969 | West Pac |
| JAN | 1968 | - | SEP | 1968 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| JAN | 1968 | - | SEP | 1968 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| FEB | 1968 | - | SEP | 1968 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| MAR | 1968 | - | JAN | 1970 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| APR | 1969 | - | AUG | 1971 | West Pac |
| AUG | 1969 | - | APR | 1970 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| DEC | 1969 | - | DEC | 1969 | Shellback Initiation - Dec 1969 - Pacific Ocean |
LSD-5 General Specifications
Complement: 23 Officers and 267 Enlisted
Displacement: 7930 tons
Length: 457 feet 9 inches
Beam: 72 feet 2 inches
Draft: 8 feet 2 in
Flank Speed: 17 knots
Final Disposition: Scrapped
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