GUNSTON HALL LSD 5

Ship Name and Designation History

This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.

Ashland Class Dock Landing Ship Originally authorized as Mechanized Artillery Transport APM-5 Reclassified Landing Ship Dock (LSD) 1 July 1941 Keel Laid 21 July 1941 - Launched 1 May 1943 USS GUNSTON HALL LSD-5 Commissioned 10 November 1943 - Decommissioned 7 July 1947 Recommissioned 5 March 1949 - Decommissioned 1 May 1970 Struck from Naval Register 25 May 1970 ARA CANDIDO DE LASALA Q-43 (Argentine Naval Service) Transferred (sold) to Argentina 25 May 1970 and renamed Struck by Argentina 1981 and scrapped

Naval Covers

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1. USS Gunston Hall LSD-5 Covers Page 1     (1944-1969)

 

Postmarks

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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Postmark Date	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

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1st Commissioning 10 November 1943 to 7 July 1947

 

Locy Type 2(n)

1946-03-06

Add-on cachet

 

Locy Type 2z

1945-06-22

Note:

 

Locy Type Fz USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. G-37

1944-01-04

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2nd Commissioning 5 March 1949 to 1 May 1970

 

Locy Type 2 USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. G-37a

1955-02-13

Cachet by Donald Graf. From the Bob Govern collection.

 

Locy Type 2t(n+u) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. G-37d

1969-12-27

Rubber stamp cachet

 

Locy Type 9efu

1955-02-13

Cachet by Donald Graf. From the Bob Govern collection.

 

Other Information

USS GUNSTON HALL earned the Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation Ribbon, the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (with nine battle stars), the World War II Victory Medal, the National Defense Service Medal (w/ 1 star), the Korean Service Medal (with eight battle stars), the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (1 Cuba, 6 Vietnam), the Vietnam Service Medal (with seven campaign stars), the Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation Ribbon (11 awards), the Philippines Liberation Medal (2 awards), the United Nations Service Medal, the Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - Gunston Hall is a colonial estate in Fairfax County, Va., about 15 miles down the Potomac River from Alexandria and not far from Mount Vernon. Built between 1755 and 1758, it is a representative piece of Virginia's colonial architecture and has been designated a national shrine. Gunston Hall was the home of George Mason, one of Virginia's outstanding Revolutionary figures. In addition to serving in the Constitutional Convention, Mason was prominent in drafting the first constitution of Virginia and was the author of the Virginia Declaration of Rights, which served as the prototype for the Bill of Rights, the first 10 amendments to the Constitution of the United States.

NAMESAKE - ARA Candido de Lasala (Q43). Named in honor of Teniente de Navío (Lieutenant) Cándido de Lasala, Spanish Royal Navy.

The ships sponsor was Mrs. Harvey S. Haislip.

Two ships of the US Navy have borne the name GUNSTON HALL - USS Gunston Hall LSD-5 and USS Gunston Hall LSD-44.

 

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