A Landing Ship, Tank (LST) is a ship first developed during World War II (1939–1945) to support amphibious operations by carrying tanks, vehicles, cargo, and landing troops directly onto a …

A full list of United States Navy LSTs. The Landing Ship, Tanks (LSTs) built for the United States Navy during and immediately after World War II were only given an LST-number hull …

Newport-class tank landing ships were an improved class of tank landing ship (LST) designed for and employed by the United States Navy from 1969 to 2002. The ships were intended to …

2019年6月6日 · The culprit was a little-appreciated and seldom-admired type of naval craft known as the Landing Ship, Tank, or LST — the shortage of which very nearly upset the entire …

landing ship, tank (LST), naval ship specially designed to transport and deploy troops, vehicles, and supplies onto foreign shores for the conduct of offensive military operations. LSTs were …

According to the official inventory of ships and service craft in custody and titled to the United States Navy, the Naval Vessel Register (NVR), there are SEVEN (7) CLASSES of the TYPE II …

ww2dbase The LST, short for "Landing Ship, Tank", came about after the Dunkirk evacuation demonstrated a dire need for large seafaring transports for large vehicles. The first attempt at …

Many LST sailors may have wondered as they wallowed their way across the ocean, rolling 40° in seas that other sailors never even noticed, just who was to blame for the ship’s unique design. …

The LST was built in a variety of "Cornfield Navy" shipyards, in rather unlikely locales: Seneca, Ill.; Evansville and Jeffersonville, Ind.; and Pittsburgh and Ambridge, Penn. The Navy was forced …

2014年6月7日 · The Tank Landing Ship (LST) mission is to load and transport cargo, vehicles of all types, and troops to a combat area. These ships can launch amphibious vehicles via a …