Title:
Commissioning of LST-157
Object ID:
2012.002.07
Object Name:
Print, Photographic
Date:
12/31/1942
Description:
Commissioning ceremony for LST-157 at the Evansville, IN Shipyard (owned and operated by the Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Co.) on 31 December, 1942. Photograph shows the officers and crew standing on the main deck of LST-157 during the ceremony. LST-157 was the first LST produced by the Evansville, IN Shipyard.
Place:
Evansville, IN Shipyard
Copyright:
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LST 157 Commissioning
Reverse of LST 157 Commissioning
LST 157 Commissioning
Reverse of LST 157 Commissioning