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Odyssey of the LST 325 December 2000-2001 V 1

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Title	Odyssey of the LST 325 December 2000-2001 V 1
Rights	http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-NC/1.0/?language=en
Provenance	Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library
Type	Text
Language	English
Relation-Is Part Of	USS LST 325 Memorial Museum Collection
Identifier	003 Odyssey of the LST vol 1
Date-Created	2017-03-17
Subject	Shipbuilding -- Indiana -- Evansville. World War, 1939-1945 -- Indiana -- Evansville.
Creator	Robert B. LaBelle
AudienceMediator	Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library
Contributors	Funding provided by an Institute of Museum and Library Services grant, administered by the Indiana State Library
Format	Full view: 400 ppi jpg 2000 ; Archived: 400 ppi tif;
Local Item ID	2008-006-0033
Coverage	1940-1949

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MOBILE REGISTER Sunday December 24, 2000 LST-325 VETERANS KNOW THEIR SHIP The 29-member crew sailing a World War II ship across the Atlantic Ocean on its voyage to Mobile possesses the know-how and experience to coax the old tub when it gets a little cranky, a skill that a certain Mobile Register writer never quite mastered as skipper of his own 1956 Buick hardtop. Gene Owens' column, Page 1B Lw I "ub3 (Landing Ship. Tank, during the Normandy invasion) Specially designed during World War II to disembark, transport and deploy troops, vehicles and supplies onto foreign shores for the conduct of amphibious invasions without the use of dock facilities ■ Beam: (width) 50 feet ■ Weight: 480 tons (fully loaded) ■ Draft: Unloaded - bow 2' 4", stern 7' 6" Loaded - bow 8' 2", stern 14' 1" ■ Maximum Speed: 12 knots (13.8 mph) Armament • 6- 20mm. 5- 40mm (antiaircraft guns) ■ 1- 3.5" (ship's biggest gun) ■ 2- 50 caliber and 4- 30 caliber machine guns (used for firing at enemy shore positions) The stem anchor would be dropped when running ashore to give some stability against the waves and to help pull the ship free from the shore. An elevator was used to move vehicles, artillery and other equipment from the upper deck to the tank deck; in later models, a ramp replaced the elevator. The LST could carry 18-20 Sherman tanks inside and other vehicles on top, along with some 160 troops on-loaded and off-loaded through the bow. When at sea, the LST took on water in compartments below the tank deck for ballast. When conducting landing operations, the water was pumped out to produce a shallow draft for the vessel's bow. ■ource: Encyclopedia Brilannica Inc., Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships JEFF DARBY/Staff Artist 27

Odyssey of the LST 325 December 2000-2001 V 1

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