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| Subject: LST 325 |
Author: Jim Craven
Date: 8/4/2011 6:48 pm CDT
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Due to the inability of the BOD and I to come to a reasonable understanding and agreement I have withdrawn the offer of the gift of an LST model with an LCT on dack and the Brodie System set out and fully rigged with an aircraft ready for takeoff. The completed model is bound for a different homeport.
Being blocked from the 235's discussion page and the way it was handled was a final straw.
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Jim Craven |
8/4/2011 6:48 pm CDT |
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dave |
8/5/2011 0:22 am CDT |
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Jim Craven |
8/5/2011 8:42 am CDT |
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dave |
8/5/2011 11:07 am CDT |
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Buddy LST 1126 |
8/5/2011 12:03 am CDT |
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Jim Craven |
8/5/2011 7:23 pm CDT |
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dave |
8/5/2011 8:31 pm CDT |
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Jim Craven |
8/5/2011 9:43 pm CDT |
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Jim Craven |
8/5/2011 10:51 pm CDT |
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dave |
8/5/2011 11:51 pm CDT |
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Buddy LST 1126 |
8/6/2011 9:30 am CDT |
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dave |
8/6/2011 12:33 am CDT |
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Jim Craven |
8/6/2011 10:25 am 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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