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Traces the building and launch of the Tank Landing Ship Coconino County (LST-603) during World War II. During WWII, LST-603 was assigned to the European Theater of Operations. She participated in Operation Dragoon, the invasion of southern France, in August and September. Also shown are LST 521 SS Cape May County, an LST-491-class tank landing ship, and LST-470. Landing Ship, Tank (LST) was the military designation for naval vessels created during World War II to support amphibious operations by carrying significant quantities of vehicles, cargo, and landing troops directly onto an unimproved shore.
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[@jimjackson8718]

My Dad was on LST 6 from the day she was commissioned until she was lost in November of 1944. He was a Cox'n. I have toured LST 325 twice. The 2nd time I was fortunate to meet and assist a gentleman who was in his early 90's. His last day on-board an LST was the day his was bombed and sank. Sadly I do not remember the hull number but he spent the entire afternoon helping me to understand life on an LST. What a wonderful day that was....

[@marshja56]

I recently met Daisy, an elderly black woman from Pittsburgh. She told me that after graduating high school she and her friends went to work at a local shipyard. It was WW2. The yard was making LST's and needed workers. Turns out Daisy was good at building things. So they taught her welding. "I was real good at it" she said. A country that takes 18 year old women and has them build invasion ships can do anything. Hitler thought people like Daisy were useless - he had no idea who he was dealing with.

[@thelastjohnwayne]

That is "Daisy the Riveter" She is famous.

[@chubeye1187]

Jesse Owens Said that Hitler didn't snub him, but the president of the USA did, he wasn't unlike other medal winners, invited to the Whitehouse, and in a reception in New York city, he had to take the goods elevator

[@markwiese1165]

A lot were built in Evansville In where’s there is still one on display

[@dacomazielsdorf7618]

@@markwiese1165 lst 325 here in about 3 weeks be doing a work week aboard it

[@slowpoke96Z28]

Wish she was here to weld up a dragster chassis for me.

[@joecohoon5345]

My uncle was an LST crewman in WW II. He told a story about being assigned to a brand new LST in Indiana, possibly Evansville. They sailed the ship down the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, much like what is shown in the video. They had to tie up to a tree or anything sturdy on shore at night since they were only authorized to travel on the river in daylight. Also, the LST was not fully fitted out for the trip down river. For example, they didn't have crew-served weapons or radio communications gear. At the mouth of the river, they continued on via the Panama Canal to serve in the South Pacific.

[@kevinjasper6620]

Joe Cohoon Evansville Indiana is port to LST 325 .The ship is a museum and they take the ship and stop at different places and you can take a tour. I've done it a few years back. Enjoyed it and learned allot.

[@airexperts5604]

My father served as RT2 (Radio tech) on LST 668. Served in Pacific for WW2.

[@richnolte6710]

My Dad was aboard LST 1081 and LST 729 during WW2. He was a MM in the engine room. Thankfully he is still with us. I took him to the WW2 museum in New Orleans yesterday. What a day! God Bless this country and those who served her!

[@asher6657]

We did an amphibious landing exercise in S Korea on an LST in 1987-88. I was a Marine. it was a crazy experience. I remember we had a formation on deck when we set out, and the formation moved almost in unison with the rocking of the ship. The ship rocked the entire time it was at sea, and from my rack , you could hear the fuel splashing. Fun times. Later when I returned to the states, i went on a fishing trip . I proudly announced I did not need dramamine, as i had spent time on an LST,and I was above getting seasick. Boy, was I WRONG. i spent the entire trip 'feeding the fish' what i had for breakfast.

[@PSWaterhouse]

My Dad served on LST 470 from it's initial comissioning until May 1944. This video shows his ship landing probably somewhere in New Guinea at 2:02. Unbelievable!

[@PeriscopeFilm]

Very cool...

[@mrod9389]

I pray we never forget your Dads generation. The sacrifice they made for our freedom. May we never take it for granted.

[@gregoryclemons5670]

1n Jan 66 the 101st moved via LST from Phang Rang to Duc Pho. It was a calm trip and the skies at night were beautiful. A movie was shown on top deck. It was a memorable one day trip.

[@chuckstraub2241]

The LST changed dramatically with the Newport (LST-1179) class. These ships had clipper bows and could exceed 20 knots in speed. They also had the capability to launch AMTRACs (amphibious armored personnel carriers) while underway. However, the advent of the Abrams tank made these ships obsolete because the Abrams were too wide for the bow ramp on the Newport Class LST. These ships were decommissioned in the 1990’s with several sold to other countries, and some sunk as targets. I proudly served as a Radioman 2nd Class on USS Harlan County (LST-1196) from 1977 to 1981.

[@JeepWrangler1957]

I was a marine on LST-1188 USS Saginaw 1977

[@mikesquire7731]

LST 393 is docked in Muskegon, MI and is a floating museum full of military artifacts, there are tours and movies on the deck in the summer, it's been restored beautifully and continues to serve with every visitor. I heard there are only a couple left and we have one, we are very proud of our LST.

[@BonnieFoster]

My Dad was on LST 570, also in the Pacific Theater. He passed in 2005. Wish he could have seen these videos.

[@scotscotty8075]

I crossed the Atlantic aboard the USS De Soto County (LST-1171) in 1964.

[@blaws6684]

I read a novel a while back called The Ninety and Nine about an LST serving troops in the Anzio and Casino battles. Time to reread it

[@surlyogre1476]

Cap'n Fatso? by Adm. Daniel V. Gallery?

[@blaws6684]

Say what?

[@blaws6684]

You didn’t notice I said the title was the ninety and nine? But I did just look up your reference and it sounds like a fun read

[@surlyogre1476]

@@blaws6684 I saw that. Adm Gallery wrote a series of books about Cap'n Fatso, the Ninety and nine might have been another of them. edit: I read these in ninth grade, so...fifty years ago. Tempus fugit.

[@blaws6684]

William Brinkley wrote it if I remember right. It’s more of a drama

[@phantom629]

Dad was on the Rice county LST 1089 in the late 50's, he was a LCVP Coxswain

[@JohnRodriguesPhotographer]

Some of the crews claimed LST was short for Large Slow Target. LST's were used as radar pickets to warn of incoming Kamikaze raids. LST's had ballast tanks to flood at see for increased stability and pumped out for beaching. During the Korean war they were used for helicopter carriers as well and landing ships

[@virgorising7388]

That is true. A Large Slowmoving Target. My Dad was chief engineer of an LST and that's what he called it. I found out later what they were really called.

[@JohnRodriguesPhotographer]

@@virgorising7388 My father landed in Normandy on D-Day plus 26 I believe it was. He landed from an LST. If you look at all the ships and small craft that the United States was able to build world War II it's amazing. Then you look at all the airplanes and other recruitments of war that they built at that time and it's almost inconceivable. I say almost because obviously it happened. It took brave men to take these ships to see because they were fairly slow. And being ballasted down for at sea operations, they were easy torpedoes targets and aircraft targets. I think it was Iwo Jima and Okinawa where they started using lsts in addition to destroyer escorts and destroyers as radar pickets.

[@kellyBorgman]

LST also stands for Laughing Seasick and Terrified, according to my Dad.

[@jamesm.taylor6928]

Yes laughing at your luck for being stuck on one, instead of something like an LHA , Seasick because the darn things are not only overbooked but have a car higher freeboard at the Bow than in the stern which means with the combo of the two they'll happily pitch and roll at any angle, the one time I was in one the thing was rolling pretty decently in the harbor before we ever got close to the sea, later on it got so rough everyone on board was seasick, I mean everyone not just the Marines but the Navy Crew the Chief of the Boat and even the Captain was sick from what I heard--and would believe. Fortunately I wasn't on that rolling puke bucket for very long. If you ever see clips of troops boarding a ship, or Marines, and you wonder why so many are running to board and pushing shoving ect it's because they're racing to get the highest bunk they can, usually they're six bunk beds high on each bulkhead, that is so they won't get puked on. The !owed the bunk the greater the chance you get ralphed on by the guys above you. The bottom rack is almost a guaranteed shower. On the ship I was on above the scuppers clogged and there was three inches of puke sloshing around, if you weren't seasick you were sick from the wonderful smells and seeing that!! Talk about missing terra firma when you reach it again! Finally Terrified for numerous reasons. First as mentioned it even could take a roll in the harbor, imagine hitting a storm of worse hurricane. You're rolling so hard that you strap yourself into your rack to keep from being flung out on especially hard rolls, but it gets to pitching and rolling so hard that for those who didn't know ships you couldn't see how the ship could possibly survive. If the Navy Crew felt the same I'm very happy that I was never aware of that fact. In WW2 Halseys task force on the way to Okinawa sailed right into a huge hurricane and they actually lost more ships, and crews and people on them, than they did from the Japanese kamikaze attacks during the invasion, most troop ships and destroyers. But even without the rolls if you knew combat was what you were going to be greeted with at your destination then there is always fear and terror of that. The only time I ever really went into combat and wasn't that scared was the first time when I only had Hollywood ideas of what combat would actually be like, so that first firefight was easy. What took true guys and bravery was that second one onward until later on. Then you knew full well what was waiting. My legs wanted to refuse the command to walk to board the helicopters. The second you're into it it goes away again until afterwards, at least for me. Later on you have gone through a process of some kind I guess, first your scared, then a phase where your blind furious raging pissed at anything that made you that scared and you want to more than just kill and destroy it, then you get to just accepting your dead, your dead already really cause you know there's no way you can possibly make it through any more than you can walk between the raindrops of a thunderstorm to reach the other side completely dry. So you just get to be okay with it, you know by then that there are things far worse than death by a long shot, capture for us was one as my war was black, we weren't officia!oh there and my country would deny knowledge of me or my existence so capture wasn't the road to happinesx, getting hit so bad that you control a wheelchair with your found is another and there are many more. So death wasn't that scary anymore and if I got hit that bad or it looked like capture I always kept a single round for myself in my front pocket. I was still scared a bit before a firefight just nowhere near as bad, there were some times I wished for a firefight just so.I could take a break from humping, walking for a little while so.I guess not too scared at all.

[@johnrogan9420]

Large slow 🐌 transports

[@1OlBull]

My Father served on the Chewain County LST-542 from 1951 to 1956; the Westchester County LST-1167 in 1956; and the Terrebonne Parish LST-1156 from 1958 to 1964. I remember the T-Bone the most - as a kid I rode on the T-Bone from Newport News to Little Creek. What a thrill that was for me. For all of you who served - THANK YOU!

[@tomblack6972]

1OlBull, interesting history. There were several classes of “T”: 542 class and 1156 class were two of those. So, your dad served on 2 prototypes. I was on 1123 from 1967-1969.

[@markjroberts43]

My Dad, Bill Roberts, served aboard the LST 1135 in the Pacific in 1945

[@blaws6684]

Mr Roberts on a light cargo ship in the last days of the war in the Pacific. Imagine that. Pretty cool :)

[@sillyone52062]

@@blaws6684 Sadly, Mr. Roberts was killed when his destroyer was hit by a kamikaze off of Okinawa. He was in the wardroom, drinking a cup of coffee.

[@blaws6684]

I know. Great movie from a great book. One of my favorites. In fact I had to do a public speaking presentation in a class I took years ago. I chose Mr Roberts talk with Doc, then turned and did Doc reading Doug’s letter. My professor surprised me by reciting Pulver reading the letter saying Roberts was killed.

[@blaws6684]

Btw if he’s still with us tell your dad thanks for serving our country. Nearly Everyone was a patriot in those times and the women and men who served are truly hero’s

[@johnb3289]

The background music is the American folk hymn setting of the 23rd Psalm, "My Shepherd Will Supply My Need, Jehovah is His Name." My Dad served in LST 289 in the European Theater and was torpedoed on 28 April 44 during Exercise Tiger, which became (in effect if not in the history books), the Battle of Slapton Sands. When the enemy (German E-Boats) shows up at your wartime exercise and kills 788 sailors and soldiers, it's a battle and not an exercise.

[@hawkrider88]

Thanks for this. My Dad was a Gunners Mate on LST 703 in the Philippines.

[@50curly50]

Thank you so much for the video. My grandfather was on LST 564, in the Pacific Theater, during the Leyte & Okinawa invasions.

[@Vsshooter]

For those that watched closely the river scenes at8:35 you will see the steamer Spargue, the largest steam powered tow boat to ever run the river. She could push 12 acres of barges at once. That record was not broken until 1974, the year that she burned.

[@glenncerny8403]

My father served on LST 974 in the Pacific during WWII.

[@randomvintagefilm273]

Awesome, my dad was on these and LCT's in the South Pacific. I keep looking for videos of his LCT 864

[@brodi81]

The LST built the city I live in, Evansville, IN. We still have a LST 325 here you can tour. I've done contracting work on the engines (used to be a contract insulator). Where they built the ships is where I go and watch the fireworks every year.

[@philismenko]

Just found some tapes containing records from my great grandfather and other crewmates of the lst 576

[@dobermanpac1064]

Sailors on LST’s often had to fight along side with Marines. Some landings were that hot.

[@jamesm.taylor6928]

Why would they abandon multibarrel 20mm Cannons and 40mm Bofors to grab a puny rifle and fight alongside the Marines? The only way they could have done that is if the LST was destroyed as their orders would have always been to unload and get off the beach as quickly as possibke, if for no other reason as keeping the beach clear for more to.come in. It would have been very difficult to sink an LST with the weapons the enemy had on the beach area, the flat bottom and extremely shallow draft would have helped with that as it would have been tough to get shots below the waterline. Of course the ships gunners help when coming in it needed but by the time the LSTs were called in there would have already been waves of regular landing craft of in modern times LCACs or AMTRACs that would have gained the beach before the LSTs were cleared in by the beachmaster. They don't want their beach clogged and closed to other craft and destroyed LSTs would take up.a lot of beachfront as such were usually cleared when they had strong supporting fire at the very least. Like in D Day the LSTs only started coming in the late afternoon when the action had moved inland by then before that they were landing small numbers of specially modified tanks that swam in under their own power.. Maybe there were occasions I was unaware of though, I've been mistaken ounce of a thousand times before after all.

[@fredrichhayek5994]

My Dad admired their marines with whom he served in WWII. Took fire many times with them and they protected the sailors as they landed and unloaded.

[@chrisfisichella6659]

These videos show everything working perfectly. These are massive mechanical systems. I can only imagine the headaches and problems those folks from the forties had in getting these ships to run.

[@AllynGoldstein1]

I served on board the 1081 and de comissioned her in July of 1954 in Quincy Ma...

[@gergemall]

My dad was WWII GUNNERS MATE 202 South Pacific New Guinea and Philippines. He was a Hero and never talked much about it. My dad passed away young at the age of 58 from leukemia. Some say from the Atomic Bombs. Who knows. My uncle showed me battle ribbons and had tears in his eyes talking about where my dad was during WWII. God bless these brave warriors.❤

[@marine919]

I was on the USS Terrebonne Parish 1156, 1966 on caribbean cruise 1-66 as a Marine training around Vieques .The LST's were rough riding in rough seas,but were work horse ships.We went over the side, down the nets to the higgins boats and made beach landings .Then we later went to Vietnam by air,but we had fun on the T-Bone.

[@alhetmooie]

+marine919 Glad you made it back, marine919! I was on the T-Bone's sister ship, USS Wood County (LST1178). That was a good cruise and some really rough seas. Carried a bunch of Marine combat engineers, amtracks, related equipment. Proud to have been a Gator Sailor.

[@marine919]

alhetmooie Great reading your comment .The LST was a real work horse of the Navy and we wouldn't have won WW11 without them .

[@PennWolfsSailingAdventures]

Thanks for putting this up, there are far too videos on the WW2 LST. My grandfather served as a machinist mate on LST343. My whole life was stories from his Navy days,both the good and the bad. He served with her as far as I know as her original crew from her beginning to the end of the war.I know there is film of her somewhere. I'd love to see it, she went thru a lot in the Pacific.

[@sargentsakto9236]

They changed a bit from WWII to when I was in the Corps late 70’s but still big flat bottom ships that would rock and roll like crazy in the South China Sea during a storm.

[@jyLee-wq4tl]

I was a Korean Navy officer my ship was originary USS LST 1010. I served R.O.K navy from 1975 ~ 1978. It's hull No. was 807. Now my ship conserved at Kimpo matine park as a hull No. 673. If you go to LST1010 blog uou csn meet the old ship. Thank you.

[@aes53]

My dad was a junior officer on an LST during WWII. He landed at D-day, assigned to transport British ground forces, so he landed at Juno, Gold, and Sword. They would land and unload the tanks and other vehicles and then the bay was turned into a hospital and the wounded would be transported back to England.

[@chasa4347]

My dad said the nickname of the LST was "Long Slow Target". (He was USN) good video

[@sillyone52062]

Alternatively, Large, Stationary Target

[@alhetmooie]

Proud to have served aboard USS Wood County (LST1178), 1966-1970.

[@PeriscopeFilm]

+alhetmooie Thanks for your service to our great nation!

[@ericcriteser4001]

My dad was on USS LST 960 from '44 to '46.

[@twentypdrparrott694]

AT 10:41 you get to see the steamer Sprague the largest tow boat to operate on the Mississippi River.

[@paulrichards2365]

I like the way they launch these things. Just chuck em' in.

[@paulbervid1610]

My dad SFC Charles Bervid served on two of these in WW II, 500 and 429.

[@93corvettebaby]

My grandpa was on LST 610 in WWII

[@incavos]

Thanks for posting this!

[@Naybr1]

Fascinating to see where my Dad spent his war years.

[@cjdavis2684]

This was really very interesting,. Currently I'm scratch building a large 196 scale model of an LST that'll be remote-controlled when it's completed.

[@donaldparlettjr3295]

Okay Swabbie have that Dixie on at a jaunty angle. "Aye yea!"

[@lorenreece370]

Dad served on LST 889. Year 1945.

[@donaldbartram6315]

My dad was in the 28th Ordinance of the 5th Army,, he crossed the Atlantic from Brooklyn NY to Bermuda where they stocked up on water & then joined a fleet to Rabatt No Africa.I believe he was at sea for 30 days crossing.

[@lisabohannan9575]

My dad served on the LST 529 during the Korean War

[@PeriscopeFilm]

My god bless your dad and all who served.

[@timrathbun8601]

Trath Large Stationary Target

[@Cap6302]

I was on the USS Pitkin County (LST-1082) in Viet Nam 1966-1867. Steamed Her from San Diego to Guam at 10 Knots, then on to DaNang and more!

[@PeriscopeFilm]

+Donald Arata Thank you for your service to our great nation.

[@budmurftube]

I was a deck ape on the Caddo Parish (LST-515) '68-'69, home port Vung Tau. I remember seeing your ship a few times. We spent most of our time up river but did get to the coastal cities once in a while. Hard to find any pictures of the 515, but nice to hear about any. The longest I spent in open sea was a week. Three typhoons! I"ll take the rivers, cheers!

[@johnobrien4463]

My Dad served on LST 404 with the Royal Navy until it was torpedoed off the Isle of Wight in the english channel.

[@virgorising7388]

My Dad was Lt. Commander and Chief Engineer of LST 195. It was hit while docked in Italy during operations there during WWII. The German missile hit a radar pole and ricochet over the deck and they had to go to Palermo for repairs. LST 195 made it to Omaha Beach D-Day +3 and ran 12 runs between France and England. He once told me that they get so tired they'd sleep on top of the engines. My dad didn't to go the Pacific with it but practiced Naval Law state side.

[@travistolbert2647]

Pretty hard to believe anything like this would be possible today.

[@donaldball9265]

Dad was an ensign on the LST 5--the first ones weren't named. He made landings in North Africa, Salerno, and on Omaha Beach. Dad claimed that on D-Day, they carried an offensive poison gas unit to be used if Hitler tried to gas the landing beaches which they thankfully didn't have to deploy. I have been able to find only vague confirmation about this. I have read only recently that the War Dept. seriously entertained but rejected using gas attacks during the Japan invasion to cut Allied losses. In the stormy weeks after D-Day, Dad's ship crossed the channel many times bringing back wounded GI's and German POW's after unloading all kinds of equipment and personnel in France. They beached on the body of an American soldier by mistake on the 6th. A terrible time. LST= Large Slow Target.

[@SallyGirl15]

My Dad was on the LST125 (Dragon Lady).

[@denniscalvey2781]

My late father served on LST 944. I'm interested in contacting you about your recollections. Dennis C.

[@straycat1081]

LST 510 is still in operation as a passenger ferry from Long Island, NY.

[@dancolley4208]

LST: Large Slow Target

[@gregwarner3753]

You got there first.

[@dancolley4208]

@@gregwarner3753 I know a good "joke" when I steal one!!!

[@geraldlaurent8129]

I served on the USS York County LST-1175 during the Cuban Missile Crisis and then went to Philadelphia to put a world war2 ship back in commission to act as a supply and hospital ship during the Cuban Crisis, the ship was the USS Monmouth County LST-1032.

[@garym1935]

My Dad was aboard LST 57 during the D Day invasion as a MoMM1e and continued aboard to the Pacific .

[@stratcorvette]

He was a gunners mate during the invasion.

[@steveshoemaker6347]

Thanks very much...!

[@stratcorvette]

My Dad was on LST 73 on D Day. One month after he turned 18. Paul Landry.

[@williamjones7563]

And my Pop was on LST 75.... Omaha

[@kellyBorgman]

LST 473, was Dad's ship.

[@michaelbrus6775]

My grandfather served on LST 376(Normandy sunk) and LST 282(Southern France sunk) WWII

[@georgemirabella4339]

Served aboard LST975 & LST742 from 11/54 through 4/56.

[@PeriscopeFilm]

Thanks for your service to our great nation.

[@randbarrett8706]

Wow, that music around 4:30 sure is great lol

[@alanheath7056]

That a back breaking job doing the wire would of thought a machine would of done it.

[@paulwoodman5131]

Very useful ship. After the war they used to move just about anything from island to island.

[@spaceghost8995]

I was on LST 1188 USS Saginaw in 1981. The Saginaw was much larger and a different design than these WW2 era ships. What a miserable experience it was. The Saginaw was sold to Argentina years ago, and has since been scrapped. They are obsolete now.

[@ConvairDart106]

Several of these were converted to fish processors in Alaska. I know of two still in use. Pumped a few hundred tons off my 86 foot, WW2 Power scow. You should try to find something from Maritime Shipyards, and the BSP's built there.

[@trackhoe23]

I agree! I've been fascinated with power scows and Mikimiki tugs since I was a teenager.

[@raymondwagner9228]

My dad was on lst73 Clarence wagner he was a baker and rear gunner

[@AZ29174]

I thought after hearing some of the hymn-like music, that I heard it before.U can find it in KZbin: National Cathedral--"My Shepard Will Supply My Need." This was sung by a children's choir , Sept. 14, 2001 at the National Cathedral for the memorial services for the innocent victims of the 9-11-2001 attacks. I have never been more moved by the unity, grief, and resolve seen by the faces of all the people, of all parties, all races, all religion and of all level of government than that day.

[@steveshoemaker6347]

Excellent....An that's the way it was.....!

[@mikeklaene4359]

LST -> Large Slow Target.

[@stevenpneh]

Two of this LST end up donated to Malaysian Navy after the WW2. I was an Apprentice ERA onboard LST KD Raja Jarum, back in 1985-86. It surely remind me of those machineries and Hydraulic system as shown in the video.

[@rickmoro705]

My Dad served on the LST 882 Saipan, Okinawa I have his photo scrap book, he developed his own pictures in the air conditioned operating room he was there at Okinawa the morning of April 7th when the Kamakasi planes came in to attack the fleet, every so often when I was a kid I could get bits and pieces out of him he told me about the LST next to him was hit and sunk by a Kamakasi plane after shooting up his ship then slamming in to the 447 next to him What he witnessed after it was hit no one should go through. Just Google LST 447 shows the 447 exploding from the impact of the Kamakasi. Very Sad..

[@fairlanefivehundred]

My father-in-law was on the 447. He told us of the events that occurred that day

[@acdii]

These would be so much better without the timestamp taking up so much lower screen.

[@thomash4578]

You can purchase a copy from them

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[@normansweet7647]

MY DAD SERVED ON LST # 903 FROM AUG OF 1944 TO JUNE OF 1946. IVE YET TO GET A PHOTO HIS SHIP. I DONT KNOW IF THE SHIP HAD A "ANOTHER NAME" BESIDES USS LYMAN COUNTY OR THE HULL NUMBER. MY DAD`S BEEN GONE 26 YRS SO HARD TO REMEMBER ALL HE SAID ABOUT THE SHIP. IM GLAD TO HEAR OF OTHER MEN MY AGE GIVE HULL #`S ETC.

[@normansweet105]

NORMAN SWEET hello Ben ; I'd be very glad to get a photo of any kind of # 903 , my 5 remaining brothers all live in Michigan so a trip to see # 335 is doable. I have the dates of the keel laying, shakedown in the gulf, on to Pearl and over to Tokyo (I think) it ran up and down the west coast running supply's . After decommissioning it was sunk west of the mainland by USS menhaden . My email is [e-mail] if you wish to contact me that way . Thank you for your service ! I'm color blind ( green) so I wasn't accepted for service.

[@patrickmckee538]

NORMAN SWEET why not go to Muskegon and see LST 393? www.LST 393.org. It's a lot closer.

[@normansweet7647]

my youngest brother who lives in the Detroit area has been aboard LST 393, I live in S Texas so any of them are a ways off. maybe a reunion of us 6 brothers is a consideration. thanks for your input

[@roberthepburn7461]

I spent some time on the barnstable county back in the early 70s

[@PeriscopeFilmII]

@EightiesTV There is no such claim. We simply provide material as stock footage, and require a usage license when it is used for commercial purposes.

[@leejproductions27]

I ran the rivers of the Mekong Delta on three different LST's, during the Vietnam War. (1968-1970) Bringing supplies up the river to army outposts and refueling PBR's.

[@deeheemstra3151]

I served aboard USS Park County LST 1077 . The last US LST to leave Vietnam.

[@leejproductions27]

My last ship was the Page County LST 1076. I left the river August 14,1970. heading back to the states to get out.

[@eddiemaestas4734]

My grandfather served on the LST 130 during ww2

[@jordanhicks5131]

Both my grandfathers served on LST's in the Pacific during ww2.

[@tatadjohnvonn5069]

in the philippines our navy still use that ship..

[@ericquitugua5546]

Was it the LST-603? It'd be HQ-503 now, right? Do you know where I can find more information on its whereabouts? I ask because I'm talking to someone now who may have been on that ship in April 1975. According to her, and a person involved with Frequent Wind, this one had a faulty engine and was intentionally sunk near Con Son Island.

[@thebluegreengoose]

GI’s called Large Slow Target.

[@forgetitohio]

I don't know what is happening with my posts. So I'll try this again I'm going to post this on every video about LSTs. I found my Dad';s log book that he kept from the time he joined the Navy and served as a radioman on LST 982. I have a couple of picture post cards of a LST(can't see number) unloading Sherman Tanks and a camera picture of bunch of people in front of LST982. The post cards have a more detailed description on the back. From his log ..left Seattle May 16, 1945 and arrived at Pearl April 27 1945 then all the ports the 982 docked. If somebody's Dad served on the 982 I can tell you where they went. I'm going to read some more . This is fantastic find for me.

[@jeremybear573]

That's awesome! Have you found anyone else's family who was with your father?

[@johnhopkins6260]

Hanging from the davits, LCVPs? Could these davits also launch an LCT?

[@phillyfan1229]

Anyone know of the lst 50. My dad was aboard.

[@glenncerny8403]

wikipedia has some information on it. Says LST 50 received 3 battle stars and participated in the Normandy invasion. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_LST-50

[@kurzjames]

My grandfather was the loader for a 20mm gun on LST-202. Always heard fantastic stories from him. Loved that guy. Also who wrote the god-awful music in this video? 😂

[@grege2383]

I was on Large Slow Target 1192 from 87-91, better known as prison barge 1192. Moral was so bad when wives and girlfriends came on board the look on the crew's faces they thought they were in a prison.

[@michaelf581]

I was the Spartanburg County LST 1192 from 1976 to 1980.

[@mistercash1000]

whatz the tank portion of this film.

[@surlyogre1476]

Those ships were built to transport tanks as opposed to, or in addition to, infantry.

[@meekhinglim4829]

one was sold to Malaysia during 1970

[@bakathirteen]

0:01 That's the saddest playing I've ever heard. :|

[@garywarnell1183]

How about the windham county 1170 Lst gary warnell 1958/ 1960

[@barryhopesgthope686]

They put flat tops on them to launch Piper Cubs before any kind of landing fields could be made.

[@derekpara]

I served on an LS, HMS Hunter, as a Boy Seaman for a short while in 1946. She was moored at Gareloch (spelling ?) in Scotland. She had taken tanks to Sword Beach on D Day. The cargo bay was massive- just like an aircraft hanger. Crew quarters were pretty good- bunks instead os hammocks. I suppose it must have been USA built.

[@emintey]

I looked up HMS Hunter for you on wikipedia, it was actually built in the UK with 80 having been built there and in Canada while over a thousand were built in the US. You are right that the US navy used bunks so apparently the builders followed the US design for crew quarters. .

[@derekpara]

@@emintey Thanks, Edwin. I remember it was a heck of a climb from the landing deck to the upper deck/ superstructure. Regards. D.

[@TheWizardGamez]

do they get unbeached??? also are they beached

[@jamesrowell1174]

Also known as large slow target.

[@Seadweller451D]

Können Sie empfehlen Medikamente für Furz und Durchfall? Ich Furz wie eine große Trompete. Vollen Klang, wie ein Kaiser Furz. Mein Durchfall fließt wie ein Fluss.

[@Boz_-st4jt]

LST: Little Slow Target!