Landing Ship Tank "USS LST 393" Tour 

The engines are 12v-567 EMD engines. 12 cylinders in a 45 degree Vee, 567 cu. inch per cylinder, rated at 1080 Hp at 850 RPM. My tug boat had one as it's main propulsion, it was government surplus after the war. Wonderful engine still purred after 70 years and could keep up with most of the new stuff. The 3 smaller engines are diesel generators supplying electrical power to the ship, this ship was most likely DC instead of the AC which would be common now.

Thanks for this, I toured it years ago when the restoration was much less complete. My Dad served on LST 20 in the Pacific Theater.

Talked to an old timer that crewed one of these. He said the LST stood for Large Slow Target.

LST 325 came to Nashville a few years ago crewed by a volunteer crew. I got to tour it with my cousin. When they sailed back to their home port they got stuck on a sandbar. They had to take small boats and take the anchors out into the river and use the winch to get themselves free the same way they would have pulled themselves off the beach.

Thanks for the tour my Uncle served on an LST in the Pacific.

LST 1156 TERREBONNE PARISH was an awesome boat to serve on. Awesome crew and command. Miss those guys

They each carried 1000 dead and wounded back from the beaches to Britain and when Eisenhower watched them being unloaded he was heard to say that he didn't think of it at the time of planning but it hit home very hard. At the end of D Day +3, 17 LSTs full had made the trip. We have no idea these days. In comparison, at the end of D Day at Tarawa, more casualties were suffered there than that 1st day at Normandy. General Marshall confided in his memoirs that he didn't think the American people could cope with the stats, so they were kept secret.

Thanks for the tour, the engine compartment was nice to see as my father was an MoMM1C on LST612 in the pacific. Thank you.

MY 1ST SHIP IN 1969 WAS A LST

I served on USS Stone County (LST 1141) in the late 1960's. We were in Viet Nam in late 1968. The main deck and below are very similar to what I remember. The wheel house and bridge are much different. Later T's had the bridge on the 3rd level above the main deck. That was added because there were visibility problems with a lower bridge. The spaces off the tank deck were work shops and some storage on our ship. We had two additional davits and carried 3 LCVP's and one boat with a small cabin. The space one level below the main deck had a berthing space at the stern and the mess deck just forward of that. The berthing spaces along each side of the ship were for troops although we used the port side quarters for ships crew. I was the ship's Yeoman working in the ship's office in Officers' Country. It was memorable to see a LST again.

My Dad served aboard LST 903 ( USS Lyman County) Aug 44 to June 46, making comment about how rough the Carribean was during storms. With a round hull and shallow draft it must of been a rough ride

Great video. LST's would typically not head to shore until a beachhead had been established. They were to expensive, carried a significant amount of materiel, and were a large slow target (LST). They would never 'charge' to the shore because they had to leave it and although lighter (assuming they discharged cargo) the winches were not powerful enough to pull a ship that had been run aground. Sometimes, they would be landed with a little more force if it was low tide or if there was so much cargo that it would take until the following high tide to get it all unloaded.

wow, I liked this video. I live in Michigan near Detroit. I have to visit this place. You have good videos, I looked at the Christmas story house one. I remember buying my son a bb gun for Christmas, I didn't realize at the time but it caused an uproar in my wife. I had a bb gun when I was a kid and never thought about shooting anyone. I took the bb gun back to the store. Train rides and Muskegon are on my list. I liked the calculator and museum videos also.

I agree with you about the music.

My father was an officer on LST444.

My Uncle Patrick Manuel served on a Landing Ship Tank (LST).

Thank you for this video of USS LST 393. My husband took me here for my birthday so I could see the ship and especially the engine room. I enjoyed it very much. My dad served as a Chief Motor Machinist Mate on USS LST 197 in WWII. His ship earned four battle stars and the Navy Unit Commendation Medal. His tour in the European Theater mirrored LST 393's pretty closely.

Great tour , thx !

My father was on LST 429 and 500 in WW2

I served on an LSD. #15. When we went on cruse there was always a couple of LST around. Its too bad that they couldn't have someone who knew the ship, any ship, giving the tour.

>^..^< My dad was the Chief QuaterMaster (navigator) on teh LST 1110 for it's DEW Line duty out of Pearl in the mid to late 50s. The 1110 was D commissioned in the fall of 1958 I believe and transfered to the Chinese.

The crazy thing i used to work on the 1166 and found a fuse pull in the old electric shop engraved with lst 393

My dadcwas on the LST 919 which served in the S.W. Pacific.

I have the utmost respect for "T" sailors

The smaller yellow engines are likely the generators for electrical power.

we visited the LST 325.

TOP DECK had a section of DECK that could be rigged to use as an elevator so transported vehicles on the top deck could be lowered into the cargo hold and unloaded. It was a pie e of deck, a couple of jury-rigged glide post and a cable/winch system using the deck winches used for capstan and mooring. The Stern ANCHOR was needed to get off the beach. It was dropped a few hundred feet off the beach before ramming unto the beach. The Many VALVES in the PUMP ROOM were so you could BALLAST the vessel so it was tilted nose up and port/starbould for proper unloading angle and adjusted as unloading by moving FUEL and WATER around to needed spaces to accomplish the task. The 3 engine were GENERATORS for DC electric power. Many vessels were 240 Volts direct current so elecgric reversible motor could power various winches and motors. The upper deck had vent fans so cargo of trucks and tanks could run their motor with out gassing the humans operator to death. Rafts, Lifeboat, and FUEL barrels were stored on deck. Fuel was throwen overboard to float ashore so unloaded vehicles had extra fuel.

Like how it's set up u can walk threw check it all out

I live about 10 min. away from this ship. My dad & I toured it.

That big flat exposed deck was also storage area for vehicles and other rolling gear. The roped off area in the bow has a ramp at it's center that can be lowered to access the bow doors and its ramp to offload the top deck. upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0f/Tank_landing_ship_technical_diagram_1959.png

That is so cool you can check engin room out

My dad was on the LST 762.

My Dads Ship, will one like it. He was in the Aisain islands. He steered the boat 🚢 ww2

Thank you for that. Speaking of car manufacturers, I believe Dodge build the gyro compasses for Sperry during the War.

Would have been better had the commentator had at least a tiny bit of naval nomenclature identification. After sixty years since I walked aboard a ship, I still can identify the difference between main engines and the Auxiliary power diesels.

Another great US designed transport vessel next to the liberty ship I'd say war winning.

Those are bulkheads, and that was sickbay. (LST 1157)

Sad thing is that the lcvp's are missing from the Davit's those landing craft or what would have been hanging in those not lifeboats. Also it looks like the gun sub on the stern is also missing. along with the 40 millimeter that would have been sitting inside of it. Also I don't know why they have a 3-inch 50 mount sitting on the ship as LST he's never carry a 3-inch 50 Mount that I know of they only carried 40 mm and 20 mm guns. Other than those missing things it looks like it's a nice museum but I think would enhance the experience a little bit better if they could wind up getting some sheet metal and replacing the after gun mount it would look more like an LST then and if they can also put the lcvp's back into the Davit's. I know when I was up at lake Erie visiting the USS cod I have seen some lcvp's I'm tied up to a dock up there if they can purchase one or two of those and have one hanging back up or both of them hanging back up in the Davit's it would help to make it look more like a LST. Also I don't know why they changed the front of the pilot House as LST he's never had square Windows in the pilot House they were round portholes there are nine of them.

What is the name of this ship, LST 393?. that is the ship's number. not the name. the name should be :" USS Name of the ship" The LST's and LSD's were named after counties, if my memory is right.

Thank You for trying Sir, you should have taken a guide.

My father served on one in the Pacific, though I don't know the side number. Like most veterans of that period, he only told stories about the funny things.

I seen pex in the restrooms, they didn't have pex in 1942!!!! If you want to know what pex is it's plastic pipe for plumbing.....

A nice tour. But please keep the camera pointed up. I know what a deck looks like.

Who cares what you think of the music. Obviously, the present crew takes great pride in the 393.

6:32 , 6:38 unknown Morse code

I agree, stop playing this modern day garbage that for some reason is called music. Excellent tour, thanks youtubaa'.

Picking up some evp or interference in the showers

M9

horrible music

One of the worst tours of a Navel Vessel I’ve ever seen.

Engine room never looked better. When you walked on the deck plates in the engine room the clanking sure brought back a lot of bad memories!

For not being a sailorman, you did a pretty good job figuring out what is what and describing what you saw. Congratulations and keep those videos coming. I was a QM2 (SS) on diesel boats in the mid-1960's and was pleasantly surprised to see and tour the sub close by (forgot her name).

Thank you, sir. Enormously helpful. My father served on an LST through eighteen landings in the Pacific 1944-45. One small but important correction to the comment on the screen at the 1 minute mark: This is a ship, not a boat.

At 7:45...the area would be called 'sick bay'. Thanks for the video!

Indonesia just decommisioned this LST in 2019 (KRI Teluk Bone, ex USS Irredel County).

Why isn't "Tank Landing Ship" rather "Landing Ship Tank" ?

Three engines forward of the drive engines are probably generators. Most WW2 ships are not ADA friendly. Go check out an aircraft carrier sometime. LCVP's in the davits. Bridge is also a good target for aircraft. When on the main deck forward there was a large rectangular area roped off; that was a ramp up to that deck where equipment was also stored there. Interesting tour. Most ships now have directional walkways; you must go that way. That ship seems still open to probing around. Thank you.

Wonder how long this LST has been on display?

When I was in the UK sea cadets, the units parent ship was HMS Fearless, a landing platform Dock which was involved in the Falklands war of 1982, and got to visit her in 1990 with the unit. Brechou, the island closest to sark where I live, had an LCT (landing craft tank) as a cargo boat, the LCT was one from fearless, and had seen action in the Falklands. Fearless was probably at least twice the size of this LST

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Perfect tour,, thank you sir 👍🏿

How do I find out which LST my dad served on - he was on Omaha Beach

3 wide

I have gone there 3 times to tour this ship.The website said it was open but it was shut tighter than a drum...EVERY SINGLE TIME.Never again.Go to the one in Evansville Indiana.That one is actually open...and is very nice.It even runs under its own power.

One of two remaining? Where is the other one? I think I know...

Thank you for sharing this with us, most people have no idea how things were done in the era of World War Two. I'm wondering when was this craft decommissioned? When you went through the pilot house I was seeing electronic equipment that's from the 50s and the 60s like the radar, and radio-telephones.