June 20, 2003

LST-325 World War II ship docks in Cape Girardeau

LST-325 floating museum on fundraising tour

The LST-325 passes the Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge construction site at Cape Girardeau on June 20, 2003.

The LST-325 prepares to dock at the Cape Girardeau riverfront.

People watch the LST-325 arrive for its five-day visit to Cape Girardeau on its fundraising tour on the Mississippi and Ohio rivers from Mobile, Ala.

Capt. Bob Jornlin sailed the LST ship memorial 6,000 miles from Crete to the United States in 47 days. The ship was commissioned in 1943. The U.S. government gave it to Greece in 1964.

Crew members stand in a gunwell while watching the ship dock at Cape Girardeau.

This is a view of the main deck across from the Cape Girardeau Riverfront Park. The 326-foot-long ship is one of more than 1,000 such ships that were designed for beach landings during World War II.

Rows of bunks line the walls in the crew quarters inside the LST-325.

The tank deck could hold 20 large tanks that were anchored with chains to the floor under the yellow covers.

Executive officer James Edwards stands in the wheelhouse. He and other volunteers are restoring the ship for a floating museum.

Cape Girardeau firefighters get a tour of the ship which saw combat on the beaches of Normandy and the invasion of Sicily.

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LST-325 floating museum on fundraising tour

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