"A D-Day Hero, LST 325 Is Moving to a New Home" Topic
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| Tango01 | 16 Nov 2019 10:07 p.m. PST |
"The US Navy utilized "Landing Ship, Tanks," or LSTs throughout World War II in order to land troops, vehicles and supplies on beaches. The large, slow vessels were so important that a shortage of them nearly ended Operation Overlord (the D-Day invasion) before it could begin. Today, there is only one remaining LST floating in US waters that is operational in its WWII configuration. LST 325 was part of the invasion of Sicily and the 1944 D-Day landings in France…"
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Fitzovich  | 17 Nov 2019 3:44 a.m. PST |
Excellent! I have visited this ship a couple of times while it was on tour years ago. It is very interesting to see and worth the time to do so. Sounds like they are making a great effort to preserve this museum ship. |
 Condotta | 17 Nov 2019 7:15 a.m. PST |
LST = Large Slow Target. Glad this one will continue to survive. |
| Tango01 | 17 Nov 2019 2:41 p.m. PST |
Glad you enjoyed the news my friend!.
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Armand
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