LST-61 and LST-197, Licata Harbor, Sicily, 1943

Gift of Lucille M. Farella
Description: 

Photograph. USS LST-61 and USS LST-197 beached side-by-side on at Licata Harbor; a CCKW is being unloaded from LST-197; supplies cover the beach. Official stamp on reverse: "LST 197 / Equipment being unloaded from LST’s in Licata Harbor, Sicily. 'Official Photograph U.S. Navy.' / LST 197 First ship built by: Chicago Bridge & Iron Company / Shipbuilding Division / Seneca, Illinois / Launching date: Dec. 15, 1942 / Sponsored by: Mrs. Harriet Williamson." Licata, Sicily, Italy. July 1943

Image Information

Donor: 
Ms. Lucille Farella
Accession Number: 
2010.177.004
Date: 
07/09/1943
07/15/1943
Location: 
Hometown: 
Branch: 
US Navy
Theater of Service: 
Mediterranean Theater of Operations (MTO)
Unit: 
LST-61
LST-197
Campaign / Event: 
Combat Operations, Sicily (1943)
POW / KIA: 
Topical Subjects: 
Landing craft--American--Italy--Sicily
Beaches--Italy--Sicily
Collection Level: 
Collection consists of four official United States Navy and Coast Guard photographs of LSTs [Landing ship, tanks]. The bulk of the photographs depict United States Marines debarking from the LSTs in the Pacific Theater of Operations.
Geography: 
Licata
Latitude: 
37.100
Longitude: 
13.933
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: 
Landing craft--American--Italy--Sicily
Beaches--Italy--Sicily