Rendezvous with Destiny: LCI-713

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  • Опубліковано 30 жов 2024

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  • @charlesritz6509
    @charlesritz6509 6 місяців тому +6

    My father commanded LCI-1024 in the Pacific. Hats off to all those guys.

  • @MrJeep75
    @MrJeep75 3 роки тому +10

    For 20yrs now I been part of that ship bringing it back to life

  • @Theupstateidiots
    @Theupstateidiots Рік тому +4

    LCI-1085 was converted to a passenger ship after WWII. Went to lake George steamboat Co for conversion to the "Ticonderoga II". Boat was taken up the Hudson to Champlain, cut apart in Ticonderoga and transported to lake George drydock. It served for passenger cruises until the 90s when it became floating storage and then ultimately sold for scrap.

  • @chuckstraub2241
    @chuckstraub2241 Місяць тому +4

    In the 1990’s the US Navy decommissioned the Newport Class LST’s. Not one of these ship have been preserved, although several are still active with the Mexican and Brazilian navies. These were the last LST’s built, but they were made obsolete by the size of the Abrams main battle tank, which was too wide for the bow and between deck ramps of these ships. Early models of these ships saw some limited service in Vietnam, while the last of the class served in Desert Storm. Several of these LST’s underwent temporary conversion to Intelligence Gathering ships, trailing the Soviet Navy during fleet operations and exercises.

    • @jamespdillon5951
      @jamespdillon5951 Місяць тому

      My father commanded the Washington county and the Fresno

  • @2fas4me2
    @2fas4me2 5 років тому +8

    I take great comfort hearing Terry Wood narrate this production. I also take my hat off and give a right proper salute to these brave men. My freedom is the direct result of their sacrifice. Thank you, gentlemen, for your service.
    Andrew L. Miller, Sgt (Ret), USAF

  • @chrisfisichella6659
    @chrisfisichella6659 10 місяців тому +4

    That was a great video. All of the volunteers are doing a fabulous job keep that landing craft afloat. I am on the East coast, so I can't visit. Otherwise, I would.

  • @danielhathaway8042
    @danielhathaway8042 Місяць тому +1

    There is another in Eureka that they are trying to save as well.

  • @johnhopkins6260
    @johnhopkins6260 3 місяці тому +4

    "...If you were 25, you were normally called 'the old man'...": My father, Pfc John Basil Hopkins, Battery A, 32nd Field Artillery Battalion, 18th Regimental Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, landed on Easy Red, Omaha Beach; he was 29 years old... after having already landed and fought across Sicily (operation Husky), 10 June, 1943... perhaps called "grandpa"?
    (or, grandpa Hoppy)

  • @allaboutboats
    @allaboutboats 10 років тому +14

    LCI713 is located in the Swan Island Lagoon in Portland, Oregon. Consider coming to volunteer and join the crew, working on Saturdays and Thursdays. Thanks for watching!

  • @johnwayne6501
    @johnwayne6501 5 років тому +5

    I pass by this area everyday on my way to work. I still want to visit it. I like to feel what my Grandfather went through landing on Normandy Beach 2 weeks after D-day. He was in the Signal corps as a telephone linesman.

  • @kevinmurphy3464
    @kevinmurphy3464 Місяць тому

    Very cool!

  • @sargintrock2538
    @sargintrock2538 4 роки тому +3

    Most Excellent!

  • @doncotrona135
    @doncotrona135 Місяць тому +1

    My neighbor served on one on D-Day

  • @kybrowns
    @kybrowns 6 років тому +2

    Thanks for your hard work. Great Uncle serviced on a LCI. I want to visit your ship one day.

    • @TheRiskybizz
      @TheRiskybizz 5 років тому

      my dad served on LCI739 in Pacific, search UA-cam sun-gazette James F Cendoma

  • @danikoo582
    @danikoo582 Рік тому

    Are there any LCI(r) left?

    • @allaboutboats
      @allaboutboats Рік тому

      Not that we know about, the only LCI still around are the LCI713 and the LCI1091 both are LCI(L) not Rocket ships.