Comments by "Dave Sisson" (@Dave_Sisson) on "LST 393 - Great Lakes Landing Ship" video.

  1. The Australians used a bright yellow LST to establish their first Antarctic base. There was still a shortage of shipping in the late 1940s, so when Australia wanted a ship with a lot of storage that didn't need a dock, an old LST was all that was available. They loaded it up with building material, painted it high-viz yellow and sailed it to Heard Island. Being flat bottomed, the ride was horrendous in the rough seas, but the LST got to Antarctica and back. However the crew reported that the long thin ship was visibly bending in big seas, so it was deemed unfit for further use and scrapped when it returned to Australia.
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