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USS LST-325 is a decommissioned tank landing ship of the United States Navy, now docked in Evansville, Indiana, US.Like many of her class, she was not named and is properly referred to by her hull designation (LSTs in service after July 1955 were named after U.S. counties and parishes).
A full list of United States Navy LSTs.The Landing Ship, Tanks (LSTs) built for the United States Navy during and immediately after World War II were only given an LST-number hull designation, but on 1 July 1955, county or Louisiana-parish names were assigned to those ships which remained in service.
A Canadian LST off-loads an M4 Sherman during the Allied invasion of Sicily in 1943.. A Landing Ship, Tank (LST) is a ship first developed during World War II (1939–1945) to support amphibious operations by carrying tanks, vehicles, cargo, and landing troops directly onto a low-slope beach with no docks or piers.
Mike Whicker, a prolific novelist and one of the key drivers into bringing the LST-325 back to Evansville, died Sunday at the age of 72. Mike Whicker, Evansville author and man who helped bring ...
LST-1 class: KRI Teluk Tomini (508) LST-542 class: KRI Teluk Langsa (501) KRI Teluk Bayur (502) KRI Teluk Kau (504) KRI Teluk Manado (505) KRI Teluk Ratai (509) KRI Teluk Saleh (510) KRI Teluk Bone (511) KRI Tandjung Nusanive (887) KRI Tandjung Radja; Polnocny class: KRI Teluk Parigi; Teluk Semangka class: KRI Teluk Semangka (512)
Pages in category "LST-1-class tank landing ships of the United States Navy" The following 150 pages are in this category, out of 150 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
USS LST-325's bridge engine order telegraph. Many past ships have the following dial indications: Flank ahead (1940–present) (US only) Full ahead; Half ahead; Slow ahead; Dead slow ahead; Standby; Stop; Finished with main engines; Dead slow astern; Slow astern; Half astern; Full astern; Emergency astern (1940–present)
LST 776, LST 393, and LST 325 were outfitted with Brodie landing systems.; The RAF used an L-5 for testing the Brodie system in India.; One type of light aircraft which used the system was the Stinson L-5 Sentinel, an example of which is displayed in Brodie configuration at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center museum in Dulles, Virginia.