One hundred and sixty-seven LSTs were built at Evansville, the most of any shipyard. The LST-325, however, wasn't one of them.
Many of the LSTs were built in so-called "Cornfield Shipyards" like at Evansville, Jeffersonville and Seneca, Illinois. These places had never built ships of this size before and never did again. More than 1,000 LSTs were built. The only remaining LST in running condition is LST-325.
It also is the only ship from D-Day and Normandy still steaming under its own power.
--GreLSTGen.
My Cooter's History Blog has become about 80% World War II anyway, so I figured to start a blog specific to it, especially since we're commemorating its 70th anniversary and we are quickly losing this "Greatest Generation." The quote is taken from Pearl Harbor survivor Frank Curre, who was on the USS Tennessee that day. He died Dec. 7, 2011, seventy years to the day. His photo is below at right.
Wednesday, June 18, 2014
World War II Vet, 90, Running Across the U.S. for LST-325-- Part 2
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Evansville Indiana,
LST-325,
LSTs
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