The FReeper Foxhole Profiles the LST -- Landing Ships, Tank - April 9th, 2004

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[SAMWolf]

And the lesson we learned from this is, don't take a large warship into a narrow fjord.

LOL! That's exactly what I told Snippy this morning when I posted it. Great minds...

[SAMWolf]

Thanks Gator Navy for sharing your personal experiences with us. I heard LST's were one of the worst ships to be on in heavy seas.

[SAMWolf]

I should have read ahead, thanks for confirming that for me.

[SAMWolf]

Evening Phil Dragoo.

Oh, I thought you said LSD--

LOL!

Nice to see the Foxhole guys are always looking for new recruits for Snippy's BicycleSpankenTruppen.

[SAMWolf]

Thanks Phil. I was unaware that they had come up with a new Class of LST after the war.

[GATOR NAVY]

I was unaware that they had come up with a new Class of LST after the war.

You put in a pic of one. This is a stern aspect of a NEWPORT. The anchor I referred to is there. It had a 1100 ft of wire cable connected to a powerful winch for retracting the ship from the beach. The sterngate opened to the tank deck, which ran the length of the ship. There were turntables fore and aft. At the forward end there was a ramp that came down from the main deck to lead up to the bow ramp for unloading.

[Darksheare]

Hello.

Starting sometime later today, I will be offline for roughly a week.
(10 days.)
So I'll play semi-'catch-up' here, before wandering off into the evening mists for a few days.

[E.G.C.]

BTTT!!!!!!

[Professional Engineer]

Enjoy your vacation. Take pictures!

[Darksheare]

I'm not going anywhere, everyone else is.
I'm holding the fort for the time being, but the main machine will be down for the whole time.
*sigh*

[SAMWolf]

You have fun and be careful, no flamethrowers in the house, no explosives and no rail guns!

We'll miss ya and Snippy and I will try to keep everyone from dumping their empty cans in your Foxhole.

[SwinneySwitch]

Thanks SAM, I just wanted to remember them on April 9th. My Military history instructor was a Bataan Death March survivor.

[sasportas]

Thanks for your input GN. My Dad was in the Army in WW2 Pacific theater, in an amphibious outfit, Amtrack wave leader, I think they were they water buffalo variety. Said he spent a lot of time on LSTs.

I'm doing an Army scrapbook for him. To add a little bit to it, you being Navy, wonder how the Navy and Army interacted onboard LSTs. I suspect you have a few good stories to tell along those lines.

[GATOR NAVY]

Sorry, all my experience with troops is with Marines. I don't think the Navy has carried Army troops in any quantities since Vietnam. Heavy equipment, yes, but even that's carried by Military Sealift Command ships manned by civilians. But the troops go by air.

We did carry a small Army det on of my ships once. We put a MLRS vehicle on the flight deck and they practiced receiving fire missions while we cruised off the coast. There was some confusion passing the ship's position at times because they used grid coordinates and we used latitude and longitude.

[deadhead]

Thank you for profiling the LST. A subject close to my heart, just came across this thread today. I have bookmarked this thread. My Dad served aboard LST 568 during WW2. Below is a photo of my Dad during that time. This photo was sent to me by another Sailor that served with my Dad. I was able to contact some of my Dad's shipmates and they are wonderful men. Sent me many letters and photos.