Improved Ventilation
Ventilation in the berthing spaces was inadequate, especially in ships operating in the Mediterranean or the South Pacific. Troops on board would sometimes use a bayonet to improve their personal ventilation, making it worse for everybody else downstream.
USS LST-325 is a decommissioned US Navy Landing Ship, Tank (LST), or tank landing ship. This is an ocean-going ship type developed in World War II (1939–1945) to carry tanks, vehicles, cargo, and troops and land them directly on an enemy shore without using docks or piers.
An LST had a flat keel that allowed the ship to be beached and stay upright. The bow had a large door that could open, deploy a ramp and unload or load vehicles.
LST-325 was built in 1942. After World War II service, she was decommissioned in 1946. She was transferred to Greece in 1964, serving in the Royal Hellenic Navy as RHS Syros until 1999. Syros is a Greek island in the Cyclades, in the Aegean Sea. The following year, a volunteer crew returned her to the US, to launch her in a third career as a museum ship.
LST-325 is the last surviving fully operational WWII LST. She is based in Evansville, Indiana and visits other US ports each year. I visited this ship on October 29, 2019.
Improved Ventilation
Ventilation in the berthing spaces was inadequate, especially in ships operating in the Mediterranean or the South Pacific. Troops on board would sometimes use a bayonet to improve their personal ventilation, making it worse for everybody else downstream.
USS LST-325 is a decommissioned US Navy Landing Ship, Tank (LST), or tank landing ship. This is an ocean-going ship type developed in World War II (1939–1945) to carry tanks, vehicles, cargo, and troops and land them directly on an enemy shore without using docks or piers.
An LST had a flat keel that allowed the ship to be beached and stay upright. The bow had a large door that could open, deploy a ramp and unload or load vehicles.
LST-325 was built in 1942. After World War II service, she was decommissioned in 1946. She was transferred to Greece in 1964, serving in the Royal Hellenic Navy as RHS Syros until 1999. Syros is a Greek island in the Cyclades, in the Aegean Sea. The following year, a volunteer crew returned her to the US, to launch her in a third career as a museum ship.
LST-325 is the last surviving fully operational WWII LST. She is based in Evansville, Indiana and visits other US ports each year. I visited this ship on October 29, 2019.