Navy LST ca 1943-6 (Anna and John Nash Collection)

This  photo was taken in Georgetown from the high riverbank near the steps leading to the ferry landing now long gone.  The image is a 2×3 print ca 19400.  The vessel was probably a Navy LST (Landing Ship Tank) built by Dravo at Neville Island during WW II.  River pilots who were enlisted into the Coast Guard, referred to as “The Catfish Navy”, drove the vessels south.

Over 1K LST’s were built between 1943-1946 at various boatyards along the Ohio River.  American Bridge also built the vessels..  Some claim the LSTs won WW II.

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