USS LST-203.
USS LST-203 was a US Navy LST-1 type class landing ship tank. She was lost due to grounding - The ship ran aground on the 1st October 1943 near Nanumea in the Ellice Islands and was declared a total loss; [According to Lt.Gordon Miniclier,USCG, a crew member, Lst 203 was being unloaded on Nanumea in the Ellice Islands,when she punctured her foreword tanks on the coral reef where she beached.
She was unable to use her rear anchor to retract from the beach because of the water depth, while on the beach a storm caused her to broach-to.] Struck from the Naval Register, 6th March 1944. https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?243669
USS LST-203 was a US Navy LST-1 type class landing ship tank. She was lost due to grounding - The ship ran aground on the 1st October 1943 near Nanumea in the Ellice Islands and was declared a total loss; [According to Lt.Gordon Miniclier,USCG, a crew member, Lst 203 was being unloaded on Nanumea in the Ellice Islands,when she punctured her foreword tanks on the coral reef where she beached.
She was unable to use her rear anchor to retract from the beach because of the water depth, while on the beach a storm caused her to broach-to.] Struck from the Naval Register, 6th March 1944.
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