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LST-325

Flag Hoist/International Radio Call Sign:
November (Nan) - Whiskey (William) - Victory - Charlie

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (2) - World War II Victory Medal

USS LST-325 was transferred to Greece, named RHS Syros (L-144)

LST-1 Class Tank Landing Ship:

Laid down, 10 August 1942, at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Philadelphia, PA.

Launched, 27 October 1942

Commissioned USS LST-325, 1 February 1943, LT. Ira Ehrensall, USNR, in command

During World War II LST-325 was assigned to the European Theater and participated in the following campaigns:

**Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaigns**
Campaigns and Dates	Campaigns and Dates
Sicilian occupation, in July 1943	Invasion of Normandy, in June 1944

Decommissioned, 2 July 1946, at Green Cove Springs, FL.

Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Florida Group, Green Cove Springs

Placed in service with MSTS in 1951 as USNS T-LST-325

Placed out of service, (date unknown)

Struck from the Naval Register, 1 September 1961

Transferred to the Maritime Administration (MARAD) for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet

Reacquired and activated by the Navy, September 1963

Transferred to Greece under the Military Assistance Program, 1 May 1964, named RHS Syros (L-144) she operated in that nation's navy for more than three decades

Syros left active service in the later 1990s

Acquired in 2000 by the USS LST Memorial Inc., a Pennsylvania not-for-profit corporation, and renamed M/V LST-325

Manned by 29 members of the USS LST Memorial Inc., she sailed from Greece in December 2000 setting a course for Mobile AL., She arrived, 10 January 2001 at Mobile

Redesignated as Historical Museum LST-325, early 2004

Current Disposition, LST-325 serves as a tribute to all LST sailors, permanently moored at Evansville, IN.

LST-325 earned two battle stars for World War II service

Specifications: (as reported by Office of Naval Intelligence-1945)
Displacement 1,625 t.(lt), 4,080 t.(fl) (sea-going draft w/1675 ton load)
Length 328' o.a.
Beam 50'
Draft

(light) - 2' 4" fwd, 7' 6" aft

(sea-going) 8' 3" fwd, 14' 1" aft

(landing) 3' 11" fwd, 9' 10" aft (landing w/500 ton load)
Speed 12 kts. (maximum)
Endurance 24,000 miles @ 9kts. while displacing 3960 tons
Complement

7 officers, 104 enlisted
Troop Accommodations

16 officers, 147 enlisted
Boats 2 LCVP
Cargo Capacity (varied with mission - payloads between 1600 and 1900 tons)

Typical loads

One Landing Craft Tank (LCT), tanks, wheeled and tracked vehicles, artillery, construction equipment and military supplies. A ramp or elevator forward allowed vehicles access to tank deck from main deck

Additional capacity included sectional pontoons carried on each side of vessel amidships, to either build Rhino Barges or use as causeways. Married to the bow ramp, the causeways would enabled payloads to be delivered ashore from deeper water or where a beachhead would not allow the vessel to be grounded forward after ballasting
Armament (varied with availability when each vessel was outfitted. Retro-fitting was accomplished throughout WWII. The ultimate armament design for United States vessels was

2 - Twin 40MM gun mounts w/Mk. 51 directors

4 - Single 40MM gun mounts

12 single 20MM gun mounts
Propulsion two General Motors 12-567, 900hp diesel engines, two shafts, twin rudders

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
USS LST-325
	88k	Sicily Invasion, July 1943. Boise (CL-47) fires on enemy forces near Gela, Sicily, 11 July 1943. Photo taken from *LST-325. Note manned .50 caliber machine guns on several of the Army trucks embarked on the LST's deck, a precaution against German air attack. Morison, "History of U.S. Naval Operations in World War II" (Vol. IX, page 107) states that Boise's targets were enemy tanks. Photo by Sgt Harold Crosnon, USA. Army Signal Corps photo # 175981* In the Army Signal Corps Collection US National Archives.	US Naval Historical Center
	90k	*LST-325* unloading vehicles on Slapton Sands, 22 January, 1944.	Robert Hurst
	90k	Normandy Invasion, June 1944 *LST-325* (left) and *LST-388* unloading while stranded at low tide during resupply operations, 12 June 1944. Note: propellers, rudders and other underwater details of these LSTs; 40mm single guns; barrage balloon; "Danforth" style kedge anchor at LST-325's stern. National Archives photo # 80-252797, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the National Archives.	US Naval Historical Center
	97k	Normandy Invasion, June 1944 *LST-325* stranded at low tide 12 June 1944, while delivering materiel to the Normandy beachhead. Note: Sand ramp being constructed to permit unloading through her bow doors, and ship's unsupported forward hull. National Archives photo # 80-252795, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the National Archives.	US Naval Historical Center
	34k	*LST-325* and *LCT-153* beached in Sicily, 10 July 1943.	World War II LCT Flotillas
	78k	Siege of Brest, France, August-September 1944 *LST-325* (right) and *LST-72* unloading directly onto trucks, after being left "high and dry" by the tide at Morlaix, France, 5 September 1944. Army Signal Corps photo # SC 194739, US Army Signal Corps Collection, US National Archives.	US Naval Historical Center
USNS LST-325 (T-LST-325)
	38k	USNS LST-325 beached while unloading a Seabee power shovel, date and place unknown. US Navy photo	US Naval Historical Center
RHS Syros (L-144)
	105k	*Syros* (Greek Navy LST, 1964-2000) Underway in Hampton Roads, Virginia, 6 May 1964, probably while running post-overhaul trials. At this time, she was still technically the U.S. Navy *LST-325, as she was not transferred to Greece until later in the month. Note: Ship's bow, reinforced for ice operations and fire hoses in use. US Navy photo # NH 97465*, from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center	US Naval Historical Center
	96k	ex USS LST-325 now in service as the Greek *RHS Syros* (L-144) approaching the beach during a Royal Hellenic Navy amphibious operation, circa 1969. The stern of the LSM RHS Ipopliarchos Tournas (L-162)*, formerly USS LSM-102* is visible at the extreme left. US Navy photo # NH 97466, from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center	US Naval Historical Center
	28k	*RHS Syros* (L-144)** in port, date and place unknown.	Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret
M/V LST-325
	140k	M/V LST-325, ex *Syros*, seen here mid-voyage from Greece, via Gibraltar and Nassau, to final destination Mobile AL, circa late-2000 to January 2001. Manned by volunteer members of the USS LST Memorial Inc.	Contributed by: Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret Source: Lawrence County (LST-887) web site
	170k	M/V LST-325, ex *Syros*, seen here mid-voyage from Greece, via Gibraltar and Nassau, to final destination Mobile AL, circa late-2000 to January 2001. Manned by volunteer members of the USS LST Memorial Inc.	Contributed by: Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret Source: Lawrence County (LST-887) web site
	132k	M/V LST-325, ex *Syros*, seen here mid-voyage from Greece, via Gibraltar and Nassau, to final destination Mobile AL, circa late-2000 to January 2001. Manned by volunteer members of the USS LST Memorial Inc	Contributed by: Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret Source: Lawrence County (LST-887) web site
	128k	M/V LST-325, ex *Syros*, seen here mid-voyage from Greece, via Gibraltar and Nassau, to final destination Mobile AL, circa late-2000 to January 2001. Manned by volunteer members of the USS LST Memorial Inc.	Contributed by: Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret Source: Lawrence County (LST-887) web site
	659k	M/V LST-325 arriving at Mobile, AL., 10 January, 2001 Photo by Associated Press photographer Dave Martin from the April 2001 issue of "Naval History Magazine"	Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret
	72k	M/V LST-325, at Mobile, AL., 12 January, 2001	Photo by George Horton, USS LST-970
	112k	*LST-325* moored on the Ohio River at Jeffersonville, IN. 24 July 2003	Photo by Hugh Hudson
LST-325
	139k	*LST-325* moored on the Ohio River at Jeffersonville, IN. 24 July 2003	Photo by Hugh Hudson
	73k	*LST-325* moored on the Ohio River at Jeffersonville, IN. 24 July 2003	Photo by Hugh Hudson
	79k	*LST-325* moored on the Ohio River at Jeffersonville, IN. 24 July 2003	Photo by Hugh Hudson
	85k	*LST-325* moored on the Ohio River at Jeffersonville, IN. 24 July 2003	Photo by Hugh Hudson
	36k	*LST-325* stern view, moored on the Ohio River, (date unknown)	.
	87k	*LST-325* moored pierside with bow doors open at Evansville, IN., 12 July 2003.	CDR Erik Eriksen USNR (Ret)
	86k	*LST-325* starboard beam view moored pierside at St. Louis, MO., 2003	Photo by Gary D. Bollinger
	69k	*LST 325* moored at the Massachusetts. Maritime Academy. Buzzards Bay, Cape Cod, 6 June 2005.	Photo by Bill Fraser
	72k	*LST 325* moored at the Massachusetts. Maritime Academy. Buzzards Bay, Cape Cod, 6 June 2005.	Photo by Bill Fraser
	44k	Boston residents watch as *LST 325, sails past prior to mooring in Boston Harbor as part of Navy Week Boston, 11 June 2005. US Navy photo # 050611-N-8946D-063* by JO1 Daniel Day.	Tony Cowart
	76k	*LST-325* arrives in the Boston Harbor escorted by the Coast Guard. *LST-325* participated in the 63rd Annual WWII Commemoration Ceremony, designed to give WWII veterans a chance to reunite with their shipmates and receive recognition for their courage and patronage. While at Boston *LST-325* was open for tours through June 20, 2005. US Coast Guard photo # 050609-C-4938N-312 Boston, Mass. (June 9, 2005) by Public Affairs Specialist 3rd Class Kelly Newlin.	Bill Gonyo
	39k	*LST 325* underway at Tall Stacks on the Ohio River, October 2006. Photo by Anna Adams	Susan Bloom