USS Gunston Hall (LSD-44)

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Gunston Hall during exercise Nautical Union (2005)
History
United States
Name	Gunston Hall
Namesake	Gunston Hall
Awarded	21 November 1983
Builder	Avondale Shipyard
Laid down	26 May 1986
Launched	27 June 1987
Commissioned	22 April 1989
Refit	2009
Homeport	Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek–Fort Story
Identification	MMSI number: 368869000 Callsign: NGUN
Motto	Defending The Constitution
Status	in active service
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General characteristics
Class and type	Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship
Displacement	11,332 tons (light) 16,581 tons (full)
Length	610 ft (190 m) overall
Beam	84 ft (26 m)
Draft	21 ft (6.4 m)
Propulsion	4 Colt Industries, 16-cylinder diesel engines, 2 shafts, 33,000 shp (25,000 kW)
Speed	over 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Boats & landing craft carried	4 LCACs or 2 LCUs
Troops	Marine detachment: 402 + 102 surge
Complement	22 officers, 391 enlisted
Armament	2 × 25 mm Mk 38 cannons 2 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS mounts 2 × Rolling Airframe Missile 6 × .50 caliber M2HB machine guns

USS Gunston Hall (LSD-44) is a Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship of the United States Navy. She was the second Navy ship to be named for Gunston Hall, the Mason Neck, Virginia, estate of George Mason, one of Virginia's Revolutionary figures, and "Father of the Bill of Rights". Gunston Hall was laid down on 26 May 1986, at the Avondale Shipyards, New Orleans. The ship was launched on 27 June 1987, commissioned on 22 April 1989 and assigned to Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek.

Gunston Hall is currently homeported at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story, Virginia, and assigned to Amphibious Group 2 of the Atlantic Fleet.^{[citation needed]}