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USS Gunston Hall (LSD-44)
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 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. Ship history 1999 ''Gunston Hall'' deployed as part of the USS ''Kearsarge'' amphibious ready group (ARG) on 14 April 1999 and returned to Hampton Roads on 14 October 1999, following a six-month deployment to the Mediterranean Sea. The other ships of the ARG were and , with 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, Special Operations Capable (26 MEU(SOC)) and Amphibious Sq ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gunston Hall
Gunston Hall is an 18th-century Georgian architecture, Georgian Plantation house in the Southern United States, mansion near the Potomac River in Mason Neck, Virginia, Mason Neck, Virginia, United States. Built between 1755 and 1759 as the main residence and headquarters of a Plantation complexes in the Southern United States, plantation, the house was the home of the Founding Fathers of the United States, United States Founding Father George Mason. The home is located not far from Mount Vernon, George Washington's home. The interior of the house and its design was mostly the work of William Buckland (architect), William Buckland, a carpenter/joiner and indentured servant from England. Buckland later went on to design several notable buildings in Virginia and Maryland. Both he and William Bernard Sears, another indentured servant, are believed to have created the ornate woodwork and interior carving. Gunston's interior design combines elements of rococo, chinoiserie, and Go ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
