Go to the website link below for the LST 740, and you can see a list of the crew.
The address of the Lst Navy Ship Museum is: 840 Lst Dr, Evansville, IN 47713
Omaha Beach. My Granddad was on the LST 56 on that day.
The LST-271 was never given a formal name other than the USS LST-271. This wasn't uncommon with smaller vessels during WWII, such as LST's, PC's, PT's, etc. Some ships that went unnamed that survived the war and scrapping were formally named later; however, the USS LST-271 wasn't one of them. She was decommissioned in April 1946, then scrapped 2 years later. She earned 5 Battle Stars during WWII.
i am looking for an old friend that served with me in the navy, on the uss, skagit in 1953-54
USS LST-1156 was the original name of the Velasco whose anchor is in the Philippe Cousteau Anchor Museum [Museo de Anclas Philippe Cousteau] in Asturias, Spain. LST-1156 was later known as USS Terrebonne Parish [LST-1156]. LST-1156 was involved in 9 naval deployments from 1952 to 1971. On October 29, 1971, LST-1156 was loaned to the Spanish Navy. Spain purchased LST-1156 on May 17, 1978. LST-1156 was renamed Velasco by the Spanish Navy.To see the Velasco anchor at the Philippe Cousteau Anchor Museum, please visit the link provided below.
It was decommissioned and then sold to Malaysia in 1994. It subsequently was destroyed by a fire while at pier in 2008.
The anchor for Velasco [L-11] was built by the Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine in 1952. The ship originally was named USS LST-1156 and became known as USS Terrebonne Parish [LST-1156]. LST-1156 was launched on August 9, 1952 and commissioned on November 21, 1952. LST-1156 was affectionately named by one of her early crews 'T-Bone.' LST-1156 was loaned to the Spanish Navy on October 29, 1971. Spain purchased LST-1156 on May 17, 1978. LST-1156 was renamed Velasco by the Spanish Navy.To see the Velasco anchor at the Philippe Cousteau Anchor Museum, please visit the link provided below.
The phone number of the Uss Radford National Naval Msm is: 740-492-1080.
Sunk by a Kamikaze aircraft which was flew from Clark Air Base, Philippine on 21st of Dec. 1944.
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Either USS Ariel or Ariel
No, the USS Madera County (LST-905) was not a brown water navy ship. LST stands for Landing Ship, Tank, which was designed for amphibious operations, and typically operated in blue water or open ocean. Brown water navy refers to riverine warfare vessels that operate in inland or shallow waters.