The Landing Ship, Tanks (LSTs) built for the United States Navy during and immediately after World War II were only given an LST-number hull designation, but on 1 July 1955, county or Louisiana-parish names were assigned to those ships which remained in service. More recent LSTs were named on launching.

Newport-class tank landing ships were an improved class of tank landing ship (LST) designed for and employed by the United States Navy from 1969 to 2002. The ships were intended to provide substantial advantages over their World War II-era predecessors.

A Landing Ship, Tank (LST) is a ship first developed during World War II (1939–1945) to support amphibious operations by carrying tanks, vehicles, cargo, and landing troops directly onto a low-slope beach with no docks or piers. The shallow draft and bow doors and ramps enabled amphibious assaults on almost any beach.

Large Slow Target: A History of the LST (p. 9) (Taylor Publishing Company, Dallas, TX) POST WWII. After World War II ended, LSTs continued to serve in the Korean and Vietnam Wars. From 1952 to 54, new, improved, and upgraded classes of LSTs were built, starting with the LST 1156, which was known as the Terrebonne Parish-class.

All US Navy Landing Ships of World War II, listed by type and class, with descriptions and links to pages for individual ships.

There were four (4) TYPES of sea going vessels listed by Allied Nations of World War II to become known as Landing ship, tank or the LST. Only the Type II were exclusively built in United States shipyards. The Prototype (British conversion), Type I and Type III LST designs were built in Commonwealth shipyards in England, Ireland or Canada.

The first LST keel was laid down at Newport News, Virginia, United States, and the first production LST set sail four months later in Oct 1942. From the very first moment, the construction program for LSTs took a very high priority.

Regardless of what they were called, no one who ever saw one—certainly no one who ever rode in one—could mistake the tank landing ship (LST) for any other ship type. Today, 50 years after their origin, and as the last 20 of nearly 1,100 LSTs start to be decommissioned, it is appropriate to reflect upon the contribution of the LSTs of World ...

The United States Landing Ship, Tank (L.S.T.) Association was started in 1985. Its membership is composed of Navy and Coast Guard veterans who served in the Amphibious Forces aboard LSTs in World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the Cold War, and into the twenty-first century.

2019年6月6日 · The culprit was a little-appreciated and seldom-admired type of naval craft known as the Landing Ship, Tank, or LST — the shortage of which very nearly upset the entire operation.