Picture: Moses Dotsey Aklorbortu

A young Ghanaian girl from the Egyam Catholic School is happy after receiving several
books during a special Project Handclasp delivery by Sailors from the
Whidbey Island-class amphibious dock-landing ship USS Gunston Hall (LSD 44).

The US Naval Ship USS Gunston Hall (LSD 44) has docked in the home port of the Western Naval Command under African Partnership Station (APS) project.

The mission would also train Ghanaian Navy on oil platform protection, search and rescue, small boat maintenance, intelligence, maritime law, medical emergency first responder, meteorology, fisheries management and anti-terrorism construction and training.

The visit of the vessel which is under the under the command of Captain Cindy Thebaud would work in collaboration with coastal countries in West and Central Africa to achieve maritime security.