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USS ''LST-291'' was a built for the United States Navy during World War II by the American Bridge Company in Ambridge, Pennsylvania. ''LST-291'' was laid down on 25 September 1943 and launched 14 November 1943. During World War II, the ''LST-291'' was assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater, and participated in the Invasion of Normandy in June 1944. In 1954, she ran aground on a coral reef off of James Point, Eleuthera in the Bahamas. After 11 days of salvage operations which involved blasting a 1,000 foot channel through the reef, she was freed from the reef and towed back to the drydock at Jacksonville, Florida. The damage she sustained was too extensive, however, and ''LST-291'' was decommissioned, struck from the Naval Register on 19 May 1954, and sunk as a target in July 1954. ''LST-291'' earned one battle star for World War II service. ==References== * * 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「USS LST-291」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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