Yes, I know that this is too much information.

http://www.history.navy.mil/ph.../usnsh-w/lst1166.htm

http://www.navsource.org/archives/10/16/161166.htm

http://www.lst1166.com/

http://www.mrfa.org/lst_1166.htm

I listened to a presentation on this craft last night. Did anyone run across this ship in Vietnam?

Harry This Ship was my Boat divisons Mothership if you open up the 3rd link you will see my Div. boats which was Riverine Force One.

Harry,never too much information.
Thanks for the post.
Sully,you served in the "Brown Water" Navy?

nvrbtdt... I did about 38 mon.in Brownwater Navy Vietnam PBR's, Swiftboats and when the old LST 1161 was our Mothership I was on Heavy called a Monitor in River Div 111

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Wow!
Everything I've read about the Riverine Force was an elite group of guys.
If you could tell one story about your service then,what would it be?
Yes,it's a sneaky way of asking you to share your story.

Not much to say I have heard comments you were in the Navy never on the front line but they never rode a Boat up a River about 2 hundred wide to pick up or deliver a Strike Force or to assist a Squad of Marines back to the River knowing Old Charlie had a surprise waiting for you on the back down the River and your Boat will only make about 30 miles an hour and a B-40 Rocket is a heck of a lot faster.The Brownwater Navy has always been in the Elite but it has always been desolved before but now they are better than before because they finally figured that they need Brownwater drug Control.

I've read a couple of books about it.
Awesome men doing a tough job.
Thanks Sully.Feel free to put some more thoughts down if you feel like it.I'd be interested and I know the other guys (and gal) would be too.

http://www.rivervet.com/ nvrbtdt this is a website you might like.There is some great links.

Having trouble connecting to the site.
I'll keep on trying.
Thanks for the link,Sully.

Got the link ,Sully.
Got a chance to read a little,will look it over more thoroughly tonight.
Thanks,again.

Sully, you were the first one that I thought of when I heard this. They are replacing the display in the Washtenaw Court House and were letting us know about it at our VFW meeting.

nvrbtdt - thanks for the link and the comments. More people need to know the small things that were so big to so many people during the war.

Harry Thanks there were about twenty of this Class of LSTs and hundreds LSMRs and LSIs and WW2 small YO,YWs,and small suppy vessels the US Navy removed all of WW2 boats , barges out of mothball and converted and sent them to Vietnam.

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Great site,Sully.
Thanks for your service and for sharing your knowledge.