Bits of War: New Battle at Pearl Harbor-- LST-325 Runs Aground-- Low Mississippi Waters Reveal WWII Ship

Bits of War:  New News About an Old War

1.  NEW BATTLE AT PEARL HARBOR--  From the Oct. 8, 2012, LA Times--  The 450 acre Ford Island in the middle of Pearl Harbor is listed on the NRHP.  Now, the Navy plans to construct a solar power plant with 60,000 photovoltaic panels and have encountered strong oppositions from World War II veterans and historians.  Going Green is a right move as long as it doesn't interfere too much with one of the key points on the island.


2.  LST-325 RUNS AGROUND--  From the Oct. 4, 2012, Clarksville (Tn) Leaf Chronicle.  The LST-325, the last fully operational World War II (at D-Day) Landing Ship Tank vessel, ran aground in Lake Barkley, but a tugboat along with the ship's anchor winch (this is how the ships got off beaches) and engines got her off and the ship is on its way home to Evansville, Indiana.


3.  LOW MISSISSIPPI RIVER WATERS REVEAL WWII SHIP--  From the Oct. 4, 2012, Sacramento (Cal) Bee--  The USS Inaugural was ripped from the St. Louis riverfront during the floods 20 years ago and its remains are now visible again because of this summer's drought.  It is about  a half mile past the MacArthurBridge.

The fleet minesweeper was launched Oct. 1944, decommissioned in 1946 and became a floating museum ship in St. Louis in 1968.  The ship was ripped from its moorings during the 1993 floods.  About 700 ships are known to have sunk along this stretch of the Mississippi River.

Bits of War.  --GreGen