LST 325 pictures

Glocksman · Post by **Glocksman** » 2005-10-17 12:06am

During WW2, 167 LST's were built here at the Evansville Shipyard, which was the largest employer in the area at the time.

To commeorate this, when the USS LST Ship Memorial was looking for a permanent home for LST 325, the Mayor and a group of local citizens thought Evansville would be a good place.
Naturally, Evansville wouldn't be Evansville without some self-serving double dealing on the part of the politicians.

It 'just happens' that the 'ideal' site for the memorial was at Marina Pointe, a private dock on the river that is owned by the husband of Gail Riecken, a very prominent figure in local politics.

Anyway $3 million later, we have a docking facility in place.
Here's some pictures of the ship.

Click on thumbnails for larger images.

I'll post more later.

TrailerParkJawa · Post by **TrailerParkJawa** » 2005-10-19 10:45pm

Very cool. If you ever get a chance to visit the SF Bay Area we have the USS Hornet, a liberty ship, and a WW2 sub to visit.

Glocksman · Post by **Glocksman** » 2005-10-21 01:19pm

Here's some more.

The Greeks let the condition of the ship go to hell.

The Duchess of Zeon · Post by **The Duchess of Zeon** » 2005-10-21 08:02pm

Is that a barge moored between the two pylons to serve as the boarding platform?

Ioudas Omnis · Post by **Ioudas Omnis** » 2005-10-21 08:50pm

Nice pictures. But I refuse to pay 10 bucks to walk in that thing.

Glocksman · Post by **Glocksman** » 2005-10-22 02:03am

The Duchess of Zeon wrote:Is that a barge moored between the two pylons to serve as the boarding platform?

Yes it is.