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September '07...John James Audubon SP 9/14-16/2007
Henderson, KY
LST 325 Tour at Evansville waterfront
Waiting for the place to open up
Berthing bunks aboard
Our tour guide giving us some history.. guy on right
Down inside looking aft
Inside the large hold looking forward. Like a big garage
Like our rigs, ran on DC.
Looking down into the engine room ... they still work
Rosie the Riveter... mostly women built the LSTs
Some photos of the LST 325 in action. Participated in D Day invasion
Our group
Quite a winch in the cargo hold
Looking aft again
Mess. Walls (bulkheads) added by the Greeks when they own her
More of the Mess
The galley
Back on top deck under the landing/life crafts
Our guide again.. Note the twin 40s aft
A closer view of the anti aircraft twin 40mm
A 50 cal
The landing anchor winch aft
A single 40mm anti aircraft station
It's a buffet John, no table service here
Looking forward from the pilot deck
View in the pilot house..
The gyro compass
You can see the engine room telegraph in center of pic
And a surprise visit by the Biker Ryans
Check out Betty's Leopard Skin DoRag
The Ryan's Goldwing
The Armstrongs after feeding
The Presidential Rig
Saturday nite campfire
A pretty expensive fire... ask Dale
More campfire
Dale pondering ... lets see... I could sell Bucky (to help pay for that spiffy new truck)
Wow, Look who ate the Sellers' breakfast!
A hot game of Rungo
Chelsea being good
Pres Liale loading the bikes
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LST 325 Tour at Evansville waterfront