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Topic review - LST and their conversions
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  Post subject:  Re: LST and their conversions  Reply with quote
Reference is in "L-Birds" by Terry M Love and "Light Planes at War" by Ken Wakefield. No plans in either but a number of photographs.

It seems that the flightdeck-equipped LSTs only served in Europe (Italian campaign) and the Brodie system was only operational on a single LST, at Okinawa, and planned to be used on four more LSTs for the invasion of Japan.
Rick
Post Posted: Wed Jan 22, 2025 3:40 pm
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I contacted the author of this drawing. He drew it based on the landing grid of the LST and many photographs of the flight deck. You have to ask and search further for original plans!
Post Posted: Wed Jan 22, 2025 11:36 am
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In reading this, https://laststandonzombieisland.com/201 ... -carriers/

It seems that not all LSTs were converted the same way.
Sources indicate that 3 to 5 were converted.
Not all had flight decks, not all had the Brodie system.
Not all flight decks were the same size.

And, more importantly, the Army Seabees did the modifications.
I suspect that there were no official Navy plans modified to reflect the changes.

This wiki page provides more info, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brodie_landing_system

The plans linked to also state it is the USS Princeton, LST-906.
LST-906 was never named, making this source a bit suspect.

You might have to rely solely on photos for your info. The Ships most probably only had minor alterations other than the Brodie rigging and flight decks installed.
Post Posted: Wed Jan 22, 2025 10:23 am
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take a look at this. https://www.hubertcance.com/large-multi ... rrier.html
Post Posted: Tue Jan 21, 2025 2:25 pm
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Hi.Thank you.I know this drawing. I am looking for the original plans after the reconstruction. Maybe someone has contact to the author of this drawing?
Post Posted: Tue Jan 21, 2025 1:34 pm
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you mean something like this?
https://www.navsource.org/archives/10/16/160906.htm


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Post Posted: Tue Jan 21, 2025 1:00 pm
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Hello everyone. I am looking for Ga plans for converting an LST with a flight deck for a Piper Cub and with the Brodie system. Does anyone have any information about where such plans might be located or maybe have them?Regards
Post Posted: Tue Jan 21, 2025 11:42 am

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