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USS Gunston Hall (LSD 44)
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Specifications
  • Whidbey Island-class
  • Builder: Lockheed Shipbuilding, Seattle, WA - LSD 41, 43; Arondale Shipyards, New Orleans, LA - LSD 44 - LSD 48.
  • Date Deployed: Feb. 9, 1985
  • Propulsion: Four Colt Industries, 16 Cylinder Diesels, two shafts, 33,000 shaft horsepower
  • Length: 609 feet (185.6 meters)
  • Beam: 84 feet
  • Displacement: 15,939 tons (16,194.79 metric tons) full load
  • Speed: 20+ knots (23.5+ miles per hour)
  • Crew: Ships Company: 22 officers, 391 enlisted; Marine Detachment: 402 plus 102 surge
  • Armament: Two 25mm MK 38 Machine Guns; Two 20mm Phalanx CIWS mounts and Six .50 cal. machine guns
  • Landing/Attack Craft: Four Landing Craft, Air Cushion
USS Gunston Hall Crest

Dock Landing Ships support amphibious operations including landings via Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC), conventional landing craft and helicopters, onto hostile shores.

These ships transport and launch amphibious craft and vehicles with their crews and embarked personnel in amphibious assault operations.

The LSD was designed specifically to operate LCAC vessels. It has the largest capacity for these landing craft (four) of any U.S. Navy amphibious platform. It will also provide docking and repair services for LCACs and for conventional landing craft.

In 1987, the Navy requested $324.2 million to fund one LSD (Cargo Variant). The ship differs from the original LSD by reducing its number of LCACs to two in favor of additional cargo capacity.

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