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History is made at 12:50 a.m. Sept. 17, 2012 as Landing Ship Tank 325 becomes the first LST in history to enter the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District's Cheatham Lock at Ashland City, Tenn. Commissioned Feb. 1, 1943 the USS LST 325 saw e...
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The scarred but proud World War II-era Landing Ship Tank 325 becomes the first LST in history to pass through the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District's Lock at Ashland City, Tenn., after entering the lock at 12:50 a.m. Sept. 17, 2012. . C...
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The Landing Ship Tank 325, the first LST in history to pass through the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District's Cheatham Dam at Ashland City, Tenn. prepares to continue upstream about 1:45 a.m. Sept. 17, 2012. Commissioned Feb. 1, 1943 the ...
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The 69-year-old Landing Ship Tank 325 enters Cheatham Lake at 2 AM, Sept. 17, 2012 having become the first LST in history to pass through the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District's Cheatham Lock at Ashland City, Tenn. Commissioned Feb. 1, ...
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LST 325, a World War II-era ship used in Normandy D-Day operations decades ago, navigates through Cheatham Lock in Ashland City, Tenn., between 12:30 and 2 a.m. this morning. Tours of the historical "Gray Lady" are being offered at Riverfront Park in Nashville, Tenn., 9 a.m.-5 p.m. daily from Sept. 18-24, 2012. (USACE photos by Fred Tucker)
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