LST 325

[Rustyt1953]

The LST 325 took part in the Normandy landing. It resides in Evansville, In. It has been fully restored and, every September, makes the trip to Cincy for display. I take the grandkids to tour it every time I can.

They think it's cool and I get choked up thinking of all who disembarked.

Thanks to all you squids, thought I'd share.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_LST-325

 

[THE PILGRIM]

Big boat! Didn't realize they had a crew that large. 100+

 

[jack the toad]

thanks for sharing.
the quad 50 is cool.

 

[k22fan]

Large Slow Target

Nice pictures. Thanks for shareing. I thought they had 40 MM Bofors quad AA mounts. Maybe that was only later in the Pacific.

 

[Kernel Crittenden]

Very cool. I'd love to tour that ship. Without LSTs, and ships like it, America's WWII strategy of amphibious invasion would not of been possible. We went from zero in 1941 to over 1,000 by the time the war ended.

 

[Stephanie B]

11 months from first design to sea trials, too.

 

[S&WIowegan]

Thanks for posting. I'm curious about the Greek letters showing inside the ramp??

 

[k22fan]

Thanks for posting. I'm curious about the Greek letters showing inside the ramp??

Copied and pasted from Wikipedia:

T-LST-325 was sent to Greece on 1 September 1964, as part of the grant-in-aid program. She served in the Hellenic Navy as RHS Syros (L-144) from 1964 to 1999.

More pictures of LST 325, technical design information and historical operation are here: http://www.navsource.org/archives/10/16/160325.htm

LST 40 MMs were in single and double mounts, not the quad mounts I wrote above.

 

[meaneyedcatz]

I was on this boat/ship when it visited Peoria. So cool and its amazing what America can do.

There is still Greek graffiti written on the walls at the bunks.

 

[brucev]

To bad the "LIKE" button can only be pressed once. Sincerely. bruce.

 

[brick]

I went on board when it docked in Chester, Illinois several years ago.

 

[shooboy]

Well being a squid, we used to call LST's Large Stationary Targets !!!