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| Subject: RE: USNTC BAINBRIDGE - Port Deposit flooding |
Author: Don
Date: 9/12/2011 7:21 pm CDT
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Buddy,
After Boot Camp in Bainbridge, then Pipefitter School in Norfolk, I too from the East Coast went to San Diego on the West Coast. I guess I was hoping for something on the East Coast with the ship going to Europe, it seemed closer to home. But as it has turned out, I am satisfied with having seen parts of Hawaii, Midway, Okinawa, Japan, Korea, and Formosa (Taiwan). The way we all beefed on the ship, contrary to what I thought at the time, they had me thinking about shipping over when I was separated (I was Reserve).
We lost power in hurricane Irene for about 4 1/2 days at our house and a little water in the basement. Others I know of lost electricity for about 3 days to a little over a week. Several of the neighbors bought electric generators. I am considering now about getting a generator which will run automatically in a power failure. Too old now to handle and supply a portable one.
But, we are far better off than some others I have seen on TV.
Don
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9/9/2011 1:07 pm CDT |
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Buddy LST 1126 |
9/9/2011 5:38 pm CDT |
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RE: USNTC BAINBRIDGE - Port Deposit flooding |
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Don |
9/12/2011 7:21 pm CDT |
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Buddy LST 1126 |
9/13/2011 10:14 am CDT |
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Robert Englund |
10/3/2011 4:18 pm CDT |
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Buddy |
10/7/2011 10:30 am CDT |
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Robert Englund |
10/11/2011 4:23 pm CDT |
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Buddy |
10/12/2011 11:21 am CDT |
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Robert Englund |
10/19/2011 4:36 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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