USS Gunston Hall - Whidbey Island Class Dock Landing Ship     
United States Navy
USS Gunston Hall (LSD-44) 
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Length: 609 feet    
Beam: 84 feet    
Draft:     
Speed: 20+ knots    
Displacement: 15,939 tonnes full load    
Crew: 413 (plus 402 Marine detachment) 
Propulsion: 4 Colt Industries Diesels   
Landing Craft: 4 Landing Craft Air Cushion  
Armament: 2 25mm MK 38 Machine Guns/2 20mm Phalanx Close in Weapons Systems/6 .50 Calibre Machine Guns    
Commissioned: April 22, 1989    
Home Port: Little Creek, Virginia
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