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Landing Ship, Tank (LST) 1942–2002
Landing Ship, Tank (LST) 1942–2002
Author: Gordon L. Rottman
Condition: Good
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Landing Ship, Tank (LST) 1942–2002 traces the design, development and operational life of the LST—the amphibious workhorse that could beach itself, unload tanks and vehicles directly onto shore, and retract under fire. Placing the type in its wartime and Cold War contexts, the book explains how LSTs underpinned Allied amphibious operations from 1943–45 (including the D‑Day landings) and follows their evolution and global employment through to the last U.S. example, USS Frederick (LST‑1184), decommissioned in 2002, showing how the class repeatedly exceeded its original design expectations. The narrative combines technical description with operational vignettes to illuminate the logistics and naval engineering that made large-scale beach assaults possible.
By Gordon L. Rottman and published by Osprey Publishing (Bloomsbury USA imprint), this concise illustrated monograph (ISBN 9781841769233) is geared to historians, modelers and naval enthusiasts. It features New Vanguard–standard color plates, black‑and‑white photographs, deck and internal layout drawings and maps of amphibious operations, and offers a compact technical and service‑record survey of LST classes, variants and postwar use—making it both a practical reference and a visually rich introduction to an essential ship type.
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Keywords, content and topics in this Book
Keywords, content and topics in this Book
Title / Series / Author
Landing Ship, Tank (LST) 1942–2002
Publisher: Osprey Publishing (Bloomsbury USA US imprint)
ISBN: 9781841769233
Military history
Naval history
World War II history
Cold War era naval history
Technical reference
Equipment/vehicle study (landing ship)
Subject Focus
Landing Ship, Tank (LST)
Amphibious warfare ships
Amphibious operations logistics
Allied amphibious capability
Post–World War II LST employment
Naval engineering (landing ship design)
Theaters of War / Geographic Focus
Amphibious operations in European and Mediterranean theaters (general)
Global LST deployment (World War II and postwar) – overview
Operations / Campaigns
Allied amphibious landings (general overview 1943–1945)
Nations / Forces
United States Navy (principal LST operator)
Royal Navy / British forces (Allied LST use – general)
Other Allied navies using LSTs (postwar and Cold War – general)
Weapons / Vehicles / Technology
Landing Ship, Tank (LST) – ship type
LST cargo and tank decks
Bow doors and ramps for beaching
Beach landings and extraction capability
Amphibious lift for tanks, vehicles, and troops
Evolution and variants of LST classes 1942–2002
Visual Content
Illustrated monograph
Color plates (New Vanguard series standard)
Black-and-white photographs of LSTs
Deck and internal layout drawings
Maps of amphibious operations (LST employment)
Temporal Coverage
World War II period (1942–1945)
Immediate postwar service
Cold War era LST use
Content Type / Approach
Concise technical and operational survey
Design and development history
Operational employment overview
Service record summary
Reference work for modelers and historians
Book Condition: Good
Book Condition: Good
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