USS LST-325

	USS LST-325 as a museum ship on 29 August 2023 ; In La Crosse, Wisconsin
History
United States
Name	LST-325
Builder	Philadelphia Navy Yard
Laid down	10 August 1942
Launched	27 October 1942
Commissioned	1 February 1943
Decommissioned	2 July 1946
Stricken	1 September 1961
Honours and; awards	2 battle stars (WWII)
Fate	Transferred to Greece 1964
Greece
Name	RHS Syros (L-144)
Acquired	1 September 1964
Decommissioned	1999
Reclassified	T-LST (1951)
Fate	Sold, 2000
United States
Name	M/V LST-325
Renamed	USS LST-325 (2004)
Identification	MMSI number: 338142833; Callsign: NWVC;
Status	Operational museum ship at Evansville, Indiana
General characteristics
Class and type	LST-1-class tank landing ship
Displacement	1,625 long tons (1,651 t) light; 4,080 long tons (4,145 t) full (sea-going draft with 1675 ton load);
Length	327 ft 9 in (99.90 m)
Beam	50 ft (15 m)
Draft	Light:; 2 ft 4 in (0.71 m) forward; 7 ft 6 in (2.29 m) aft; Sea-going:; 8 ft 3 in (2.51 m) forward; 14 ft 1 in (4.29 m) aft; Landing (with 500 ton load):; 3 ft 11 in (1.19 m) forward; 9 ft 10 in (3.00 m) aft;
Propulsion	2 General Motors 12-567 900 hp (671 kW) diesel engines, two shafts, twin rudders
Speed	12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Range	24,000 nmi (44,000 km) at 9 kn (17 km/h; 10 mph)
Boats & landing ; craft carried	2 × LCVPs
Complement	7 officers, 104 enlisted
Armament	2 × twin 40 mm gun mounts; 4 × single 40 mm gun mounts; 12 × single 20 mm gun mounts;
	USS LST 325
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	At 2006 Tall Stacks Festival in Cincinnati, OH
Location	610 NW Riverside Dr.; Evansville, Indiana
Coordinates	37.972879°N 87.580418°W
NRHP reference No.	09000434
Added to NRHP	24 June 2009

USS LST-325 is a decommissioned tank landing ship of the United States Navy, now docked in Evansville, Indiana, US. Like many of her class, she was not named and is properly referred to by her hull designation (LSTs in service after July 1955 were named after U.S. counties and parishes).

The ship was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 2009. The property was added to the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) on 24 June 2009 and the listing was announced as the featured listing in the National Park Service's weekly list of 2 July 2009.

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