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| Subject: RE: LST 325 |
Author: Buddy LST 1126
Date: 12/28/2010 8:47 am CDT
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Glad you enjoyed your visit to the LST 325 Memorial. I served on LST 1126 during the Korean War period and after my discharge did not see a LST for years up close. I did see a LSM come down the Waterway by our river cabin near Myrtle Beach, SC. in the early 60's. I went to visit the LST 325 in 2006 and it was quite a rush with the first view of the ship beside the dock. It brought back my memory of my first sighting of my ship in San Francisco beside a dock. At first I thought that it was not my ship as it looked too small to be a sea going vessel. However when i saw the numbers 1126 on the bow I knew I was home. I spent 40 months on that ship and it continued to serve for many years afterward. It was decommissioned in 1970 after having served for 25 continuous years for the United States Navy, serving during WWII, Korea, and Vietnam.
I have a website for it: http://www.LST1126.com
Thanks for your service. |
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Kontum67 |
12/27/2010 4:07 am CDT |
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Buddy LST 1126 |
12/28/2010 8:47 am CDT |
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Buddy LST 1126 |
12/28/2010 8:49 am CDT |
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Kontum67 |
12/29/2010 2:04 am CDT |
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Buddy LST 1126 |
12/29/2010 11:58 am CDT |
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SeaBat |
1/23/2011 3:13 pm CDT |
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On May 21, 2005 a monument was unveiled in Seneca, Illinois, dedicated to all the workers, who built 157 LSTs at the Seneca “Prairie Shipyard” as well as all those who served on any LST during World War II, Korea, and Viet Nam. The monument contains seals of the US Navy, the US Coast Guard, the British LST Association, and the sponsoring organization, the Illinois LST Association.
The monument contains a sculpture of an LST on top of the gray marble center section. On the two flanking black marble sections are etchings of an LST being launched, an LST beached and unloading its cargo of tanks, and a woman shipyard welder. On the sides of the black sections all 157 LSTs constructed at Seneca are listed The monument stands in Crotty Park in Seneca, on property adjacent to the old Chicago Bridge and Iron shipyard.
Approximately 500 people from all over the country and Great Britain attended the dedication. After the dedication, approximately 200 of those in attendance gathered together for a catered lunch.
About 27,000 people worked at the shipyard during World War II. A number of those and/or their descendants attended the ceremony. They are rightly proud of their contribution to the war effort, as is the city of Seneca, Illinois, the home of the “Prairie Shipyard”.
During World War
2 there were 1051 LST's (Landing Ship Tank) built to carry
troops and supplies to American and Allied troops fighting
in Europe and the Pacific theaters. When WW2 ended most of
the LST's were scrapped, modified, or given to Navies of
other countries. Some remained in service and saw action in
Korea, Viet Nam, and even the Cuban Blockade.
A few WW2 type
LST's remain in service today, but not in the USA.
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