After World War II, the LST-325 helped install radar posts in Greenland and Canada as part of the Cold War. In the 1960s, it was transferred to Greece as part of a lend-lease program (I only thought they had this program during World War II). It served in the Greek Navy under a different name until 1999.
It was then that a veterans group bought it.
Visiting Pittsburgh, it will also bring along some items of interest like a jeep from the original "Mash" movie and some vehicles that were in the "Flags of OurFathers" movie from 2006.
Cost of the tours were $10 for adults and $5 for children 6 to 17.
For more information on the ship and museum, go to www.lstmemorial.org.
And, if you're ever driving through Evansville, Indiana, it is tied up right along the Ohio River.
A National Treasure. Thanks for Saving It. --GreGen
The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.
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