USS LST 523
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USS
LST 523 was built in Jeffersonville in USA, and was
launched in December 1943 for US Navy. She was a
military "landing ship tank" - LST, that participated in
the Allied invasion of France, Operation Overlord in
June 1944. On her third tour 19. June 1944 carrying
solders, she hit a mine outside Normandy and immediately
went down in the deep. 42 men from 300th
Engineer Combat Battalion and the whole crew lost their
lives. The remains of her rest today on a depth of 25
meter outside Saint-Martin-de-Varreville.
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49°28'41"N
1°8'9"W
( Source: Dive FR )  Picture: American LST at Normandy in 1944 From "The Normandy Invasion - The Story in Pictures" Last updated: January 2021 |
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