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Subject: LST 512


Author:
Paul Sullenberger
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Date Posted: 07/ 4/09 14:25:51
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LST 512 on the Monongahela River at Pittsburgh, PA. On the return trip down the Ohio, she would stop at most major river cities. The DUKW got "lost" in Cincinnati for a few hours. There was a change of command, Lt. Brock was relieved of duty and Lt. Calvin Stevens became CO. The recruiting division of the Navy took over responsibility for the ship and exhibition as a recruiting tool for the postwar Navy.

I believe that the caption on the photo refers to the visitors in Pittsburgh only. By the time the 512 reached Pittsburgh, over 1.5 million people had visited, by the time she ended her tour in New Orleans in January 1946, she had hosted over 2 million visitors
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