Now theres some VERY gutsy guys .. LST stands for Large Slow
Target.. They have a top speed of about 6 - 9 knots or about
12 mph on a good day. They have a flat bottoms which means the
lighter they are(read not at full gross combat weight displacment)
they roll and pitch even worse that anything out there that floats,,
We used to refer to them as floating sea sick citys..The ground
pounders were so glad to get off one that they would storm the
worst beacheads in the world rather than spend one more minuite
aboard ...
For a joy ride down the coast fine , for a trans Alantic crossing
No thanks..
Bob B
>From: "NIGEL HAY" <nigel@milweb.net>
>To: <mil-veh@mil-veh.org> (Military Vehicles Mailing List)
>Subject: [MV] Veterans set sail in an LST
>Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2000 19:51:13 -0000
>
>The Daily Telegraph reports today that 23 US WW2 D Day vets with an
>average
>age of 73 today set sail from Gibralter in a wartime landing ship LST 385
>for the US despite the weather to spend a month travelling to the USA.
>Fair play to them, braver than me thats for sure. Anyone else have anymore
>info on it?
>Cheers, NIGE
>
>
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