USS LST-325
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USS LST-325 is a decommissioned tank landing ship of the United States Navy, now docked in Evansville, Indiana, US. Like many of her class, she was not named and is properly referred to by her hull designation (LSTs in service after July 1955 were named after U.S. counties and parishes).
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USS LST-325 as a museum ship on 29 August 2023 In La Crosse, Wisconsin | |
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United States | |
Name | LST-325 |
Builder | Philadelphia Navy Yard |
Laid down | 10 August 1942 |
Launched | 27 October 1942 |
Commissioned | 1 February 1943 |
Decommissioned | 2 July 1946 |
Stricken | 1 September 1961 |
Honours and awards | 2 battle stars (WWII) |
Fate | Transferred to Greece 1964 |
Greece | |
Name | RHS Syros (L-144) |
Acquired | 1 September 1964 |
Decommissioned | 1999 |
Reclassified | T-LST (1951) |
Fate | Sold, 2000 |
United States | |
Name | M/V LST-325 |
Renamed | USS LST-325 (2004) |
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Status | Operational museum ship at Evansville, Indiana |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | LST-1-class tank landing ship |
Displacement |
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Length | 327 ft 9 in (99.90 m) |
Beam | 50 ft (15 m) |
Draft |
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Propulsion | 2 General Motors 12-567 900 hp (671 kW) diesel engines, two shafts, twin rudders |
Speed | 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
Range | 24,000 nmi (44,000 km) at 9 kn (17 km/h; 10 mph) |
Boats & landing craft carried | 2 × LCVPs |
Complement | 7 officers, 104 enlisted |
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USS LST 325 | |
Location | 610 NW Riverside Dr. Evansville, Indiana |
Coordinates | 37.972879°N 87.580418°W / 37.972879; -87.580418 |
NRHP reference No. | 09000434 |
Added to NRHP | 24 June 2009 |
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The ship was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 2009.[1] The property was added to the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) on 24 June 2009 and the listing was announced as the featured listing in the National Park Service's weekly list of 2 July 2009.[2]