USS LST 325
Sep 11, 2015 10:22:12 #
MissStephie wrote:
I was so excited when it came back down - I was able to see it. (when it went up - it was around 4 in the morning or so.)
Not the greatest day, it had just stopped raining & very overcast but oh well.......
Just wanted to share ;)
Not the greatest day, it had just stopped raining & very overcast but oh well.......
Just wanted to share ;)
Very nice shots Stephie! There aren't too many of them around any more so a picture of one in what looks like a fully restored condition will be a treasure to some older WW II sailors.
Interesting item about them: During the war when these ships started to slide down the ways there was a rumor that they were "safer" than other ships because the draft was so shallow that torpedoes would run under them. Don't believe it; I had a friend (now deceased) who was a WW II Navy vet and LST sailor who had two torpedoed out from under him--one in the Med. and the second in the English Channel off the French coast.
Sep 11, 2015 10:49:22 #
JCam wrote:
Very nice shots Stephie! There aren't too many of... (show quote)
Thank you. & Thanks for the interesting items ;)
Sep 11, 2015 11:08:52 #
MissStephie wrote:
I was so excited when it came back down - I was able to see it. (when it went up - it was around 4 in the morning or so.)
Not the greatest day, it had just stopped raining & very overcast but oh well.......
Just wanted to share ;)
Not the greatest day, it had just stopped raining & very overcast but oh well.......
Just wanted to share ;)
Great shots MissStephie, really enjoyed
Sep 11, 2015 11:11:45 #
gregoryd45 wrote:
Great shots MissStephie, really enjoyed
Thanks for looking, Gregory! :)
Sep 11, 2015 11:14:05 #
gblack67
Loc: Daytona Beach, Florida
Great shots! I wanted to see it when it went down by but I missed it AGAIN!!
Sep 11, 2015 11:15:23 #
gblack67 wrote:
Great shots! I wanted to see it when it went down by but I missed it AGAIN!!
Thanks. :) & Sorry you missed it. :(
Sep 11, 2015 12:36:30 #
sirlensalot
Loc: Arizona
Thank you so much for posting. My father served on one as part of the Invasion of Normandy. Never could get him to talk about it though. Must have been terrifying.
Your efforts are very much appreciated.
Your efforts are very much appreciated.
Sep 11, 2015 13:00:37 #
Sep 11, 2015 14:44:45 #
rca1
Loc: Kanab Utah
Thanks for the pic. my Dad was a Doctor on the LST 395 in 1944 on the Pacific. He had a surgical team. You did a good job on the pictures
Sep 11, 2015 14:48:03 #
rca1
Loc: Kanab Utah
Thanks for sharing the pic. My Dad was a doctor on LST 395, he had a surgical team in the south Pacific in 1944.
Sep 11, 2015 14:48:18 #
rca1
Loc: Kanab Utah
Thanks for sharing the pic. My Dad was a doctor on LST 395, he had a surgical team in the south Pacific in 1944.
Sep 11, 2015 16:24:14 #
Sep 11, 2015 17:49:28 #
Ridgerunner
Loc: Dayton, Ohio
Great shots, my oldest 91 yr old brother was on LST 349 WW2.
It ran aground and sunk on the coast of Italy. He and a few others made it off but quite a few died.
If you Google LST349 there are underwater video's of it now.
It ran aground and sunk on the coast of Italy. He and a few others made it off but quite a few died.
If you Google LST349 there are underwater video's of it now.
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