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USS ''Gunston Hall'' (LSD-44) is a 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 outstanding Revolutionary figures, and "Father of the Bill of Rights". ''Gunston Hall'' was laid down on 26 May 1986, by the Avondale Shipyards, New Orleans, La.; launched on 27 June 1987; and commissioned on 22 April 1989. ''Gunston Hall'' is homeported at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story, Virginia, and assigned to Amphibious Group 2 of the Atlantic Fleet. It was announced on 9 October 2006 in the Halifax Herald in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada that the Canadian Navy will borrow the 186-meter amphibious assault ship for a brief period, and will pull it into CFB Halifax in early November, 2006. About 150 Canadian soldiers from CFB Valcartier, along with their light armored vehicles and G-wagons, will board the vessel and start training to storm beaches in landing craft, much like troops did in the Second World War. The U.S. military is providing mentoring and support during the operation.〔(Thechronicleherald.ca )〕 ==2008 Somalian pirates== While on deployment ''Gunston Hall'' engaged and gave chase to the ''Golden Nori'' which had been hijacked by Somalian pirates. After days of chasing the ''Golden Nori'' was cornered in a Somali bay where ''USS Whidbey Island'' assisted with the extraction of the hostages. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「USS Gunston Hall (LSD-44)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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