American mechanized-artillery transport USS Gunston Hall (APM5/LSD-5) according to the report of progress of naval construction dated 1 May 1942

Contracted by Moore Dry Dock Co., Oakland, California, USA. Gain percentage completion for April 1942=0.5. Gain percentage completion for April 1942=1.5. Number of months between keel laying and completion 13. Contracted date of completion 1 August 1943. Date completion reported by shipyard on 15 November 1943. Latest date completion reported by shipyard 15 November 1943. Of the Ashland-class dock landing ships, succeeded by Casa Grande-class.(1)

Note

1. Launched on 1 May 1943, first stime commissioned on 10 November 1943, last time decommissioned and stricken in May 1970, sold to Argentina in 1970, renamed ARA Candido de Lasala (Q-43), decommissioned in 1981 and sold tob e broken up.

Source

Franklin Roosevelt D. Roosevelt Presidential Library&Museum. Bureau of Ships: reports 1 May 1942 FDR’s President’s Secretary’s Files (psfc000095).