page_title: USS Gunston Hall (LSD-5)
section_title: Arctic operations
hierarchical_section_title: USS Gunston Hall (LSD-5) / History / Arctic operations
caption_attribution_description: USS Gunston Hall (LSD-5) underway, soon after recommissioning in March 1949, location unknown. US Navy photo.
context_page_description: USS Gunston Hall (LSD-5) was an Ashland-class dock landing ship in the United States Navy, named in honor of Gunston Hall, the estate of George Mason, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States.
  Originally designated APM-5, Gunston Hall was launched 1 May 1943 by the Moore Dry Dock Company, Oakland, California, sponsored by Mrs. Harvey S. Haislip; and commissioned 10 November 1943, Comdr. D. E. Collins in command.
  Gunston Hall earned nine battle stars for World War II service and another nine battle stars during the Korean War. Sold to Argentina in 1970 and renamed ARA Cándido de Lasala. Served in Argentine Navy. In 1981 she was decommissioned and struck.
context_section_description: Conversion as an "Arctic LSD" at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, gave Gunston Hall a reinforced hull and a greatly extended heating and ventilation system which would permit her to operate effectively in the Arctic. She recommissioned at Puget Sound 5 March 1949 and, after shakedown, sailed north to participate in Operation Miki in the Arctic Circle and later returned for Operation Micowex. Next training and development operations along the West Coast occupied her until the outbreak of war in Korea.
caption: USS Gunston Hall (LSD-5) underway, soon after recommissioning in March 1949.
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