Not An Enfield

I know this is not Enfield related; however, it is not every day you see a WWII era ship on the Ohio River. The pics below were taken today of the USS LST 325. From what I have read, it is believed to be the only fully intact LST of more than 1,000 produced. The LST 325 served as a tank landing ship and could carry as many as 20 Sherman tanks, 30 or 40 trucks, or up to 500 soldiers.

LST 325 was at Omaha Beach on D-Day and completed 43 journeys across the English Channel to transport vehicles and supplies to support the massive invasion and liberation of occupied France.

After WWII, the USS LST 325 served with the Greek Navy until 1999 and returned to America in 2001.

My apologies for the history lesson and non-Enfield related thread.

Nice shots of the Lumbering Slow Target. Thanks.

Cheers,
Matt

LST 393 is alive and living (ok, so it is a museum) in Muskegan, Michigan, USA!

Let's see if this picture works...

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I visited it last weekend. I have more pics and a tour of the engine room on video. Do you have any more pics closer up? LST 393 has lost all of it's armament, it was not necessary when it was used as an auto transporter...

I wondered what LST stood for; I guess it would be a Lumbering Slow Target with only two 900 hp diesels for propulsion. Supposedly, it carried enough fuel to act as a refueling tanker or to travel around the world without refueling? That is what the docents said.

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Do you have any more pics closer up?

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No, after dinner I noticed some cars parked in my driveway and people taking pictures. By the time I got the only camera with a charge, it was down river.

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I wondered what LST stood for

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Landing Ship, Tank

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Supposedly, it carried enough fuel to act as a refueling tanker or to travel around the world without refueling?

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I read that it will use approx. 1,200 gallons of diesel per day while making the 9 mph voyage. It will take an estimated 23,000 gallons to make the round trip voyage and not require refueling.

Good Stuff , do you know why it was on the river ?
Does it run regularly as a museum ship or was it just a once in a while thing ?

A nice piece of history :thup:

Edit: The USS LST Ship Memorial (USS LST 325)

More commonly referred to as "Large Slow Target." Lumbering and slow are redundant. Several were attacked by kamikazes because they were mistaken for aircraft carriers. The pilots were inexperienced and only minimally trained.

Hey TLV, where do you live to have such superb views over a river like that....................? I understand that there is still an complete, original and working order liberty ship there too. I wonder who the great man/man was who put his signature to the order that said '.......keep for posterity this kit........'. I saw in our local news that a couple of motor torpedo or gun boats have been restored plus another RAF air/sea rescue boat too

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Hey TLV, where do you live to have such superb views over a river like that....................?

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I live in Southwest Ohio (approx. 25 minutes from downtown Cincinnati). The view looking out the front of the house is the Ohio River and Kentucky, and the view looking out the back of the house is Indiana. Great place for shooting too!!

That view alone is simply mind boggling............ How lucky you are!

Hence the design of the sometimes ill-fated front loading ferry I assume.

Beautiful spot and lots of empty real estate by the look of it too.

Thanks for the pics, TLV!

One of my uncles was on LST-625.

Kim