USS LST - 325 USS " LST - 325 " is a decommissioned tank landing ship of the United States Navy , now docked in Evansville , Indiana . Like many of her class , she was not named and is properly referred to by her hull designation ( LSTs in service after July 1955 were named after U . S . counties and parishes ) . The ship was listed on the U . S . National Register of Historic Places in 2009 . The property was added to the National Register of Historic Places ( NRHP ) on 24 June 2009 and the listing was announced as the featured listing in the National Park Service ' s weekly list of 2 July 2009 . Service history . US Navy , 1942 – 1961 . " LST - 325 " was launched on 27 October 1942 , at Philadelphia , Pennsylvania . The ship operated in the North Africa area and participated in the invasions at Gela , Sicily and Salerno , Italy . On 6 June 1944 , " LST - 325 " was part of the largest armada in history by participating in the Normandy Landings at Omaha Beach . She carried 59 vehicles , 31 officers and a total of 408 enlisted men on that first trip . On her first trip back to England from France , " LST - 325 " hauled 38 casualties back to a friendly port . Over the next nine months , Navy records show " LST - 325 " made more than 40 trips back and forth across the English Channel , carrying thousands of men and pieces of equipment needed by troops to successfully complete the liberation of Europe . The ship continued to run supply trips between England and France before returning to the United States in March 1945 . " LST - 325 " was decommissioned on 2 July 1946 , at Green Cove Springs , Florida , and laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet . The ship was placed in service with the Military Sea Transportation Service in 1951 as USNS " T - LST - 325 " , and took part in " Operation SUNAC " ( Support of North Atlantic Construction ) , venturing into the Labrador Sea , Davis Strait , and Baffin Bay to assist in the building of radar outposts along the eastern shore of Canada and western Greenland . Struck from the Naval Vessel Register , on 1 September 1961 , " T - LST - 325 " was transferred to the Maritime Administration ( MARAD ) for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet . Hellenic Navy , 1964 – 1999 . " T - LST - 325 " was sent to Greece on 1 September 1964 , as part of the grant - in - aid program . She served in the Hellenic Navy as RHS " Syros " ( L - 144 ) from 1964 to 1999 . USS LST Ship Memorial Museum . The USS LST Memorial , Inc . , a group of retired military men , acquired " Syros " in 2000 . They paid their way to Greece , made the necessary repairs to the ship and sailed her back to the United States , arriving in Mobile Harbor on 10 January 2001 . In 2003 , " LST - 325 " made a sentimental journey up the Mississippi and Ohio rivers . The 10 - day stop in Evansville , Indiana , allowed more than 35 , 000 people to take a tour . In May and June 2005 , she sailed up the east coast under her own power for a 60 - day tour of several ports , visiting Alexandria , Virginia , and Buzzard ' s Bay , Boston , Gloucester , Massachusetts . " LST - 325 " is one of the last navigable LSTs in operation in the U . S . Others include in daily use as a ferry between Orient , New York and New London , Connecticut , and the dredge MV " Columbia " operating on the Gulf Coast . She is undergoing constant maintenance and restoration , and is in excellent shape , according to her crew . On 1 October 2005 , Evansville , Indiana , became her home port ( although she still visits other ports each year ) . Evansville . During World War II , the Evansville , Indiana , riverfront was transformed into a shipyard to produce LSTs . At its peak , the Evansville Shipyard employed a workforce of over 19 , 000 and completed two of these massive ships per week , becoming the largest inland producer of LSTs in the nation . Although the Evansville Shipyard was originally contracted to produce 24 ships , 167 LSTs and 35 other vessels were built in Evansville . " LST - 325 " is now home ported in Evansville as a memorial museum to LSTs and the city ' s war effort .