LST 325 pictures
Posted: 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.
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.
