First picture released on U.S. landing ships.

First picture released on U.S. landing ships. One of the first pictures to reveat the construction of the bow doors in the new U.S. LST (Landing Ship-Tank) shows Army half-tracks moving along a stone ramp leading from the craft. These ships facilitated the landing of men and equipment in Kiska, Italy, Sicily, North Africa, New Guinea and the Central Solomons.