We have had a wonderful addition donated to the USS LST Ship Memorial!  We received a model of an L-5 plane.  These are the type of planes used in conjunction with the Brodie Device.  Brodie Devices were installed on a select few LSTs, including the USS LST 325!  

We have also added 2 new mannequins.

Our Tank Deck Display has been updated and looks great.

!!Halloween ONLY!! We are having haunted tours of the USS LST 325 from 7:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m.  These tours are for Adults (18 or older) only and will be $20 per person.  This event is hosted by Night Owl Paranormal Investigators.  Won't you join us for this first time ever event to walk through the ship on a paranormal investigation.  Contact the office at 812-435-8678 for more information.

Our volunteers are working hard to prepare for winter.  They are working to completely paint the Tank Deck before our Annual Veteran's Day Breakfast November 11th from 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. or until the food runs out!  

Herb Quick has been one of the main men in this process.  Before he could even paint, he had to clean and remove debris from under the above metal work guarding the cable underneath.  This was one dirty job.

He has been working steadily and has made a lot of progress.  He has already begun sealing this section.

Above you can see the scale of the section.  

We have also been working on the Tank Deck Displays.  We've finished building a very long platform for all of the parts to be displayed on off of the deck.

You can also see we've added more parts and are better able to display the signs using backboards.  John Engstrom has been instrumental in this work.  

As you can see, these parts have been painted and are really making a difference in the Tank Deck.

We will soon have two additional mannequins to display uniforms that have been donated.  So much progress made that we can't keep up with it all!  It's all thanks to many more than mentioned here and it will continue to take many volunteers to keep this museum ship going.  Thank you.

The Toyota Volunteers are here and working hard to paint the Crew's Head and the Tank Deck Display Platform Herb Quick and John Engstrom have been working on.

Below are the volunteers working in the Crew's Head.  It's a dirty job.

John Engstrom directs traffic.

Herb Quick vacuums the deck.

Everyone breaks for pizza!

Above is Dennis Weiler and a couple other Toyota volunteers.  Dennis Weiler puts this event together twice a year.

The pizza was good.

Attention Visitors:  We will be closed for a private event this Tuesday Oct. 8th.  We will reopen for regular business hours on Wednesday Oct. 9th.  We apologize for the inconvenience and hope to see you on Wednesday!

We've received many calls asking if we are open, WE ARE!  We are a Non-Profit 501(c)(3) Organization.  We do not receive government funding and will not be apart of the government shutdown.  Please come visit and support living history!  All proceeds from Tours, the Gift Shop, and Memberships go directly to the maintenance of the USS LST 325!  Keep history alive!

Courtesy of Johnnie R.