– "The destinies of two great empires ... seemed to be tied by some god-damned things called LST's." In the biography Man In Motion: Michigan's Legendary Senate Majority Leader, Emil Lockwood by Stanley C. Fedewa and Marilyn H. Fedewa, Lockwood colorfully describes his World War II service aboard LST-478. "We were always in the thick of it," Emil said, "because it was our job on the LSTs to carry personnel-operated tanks, artillery, supplies—anything, you name it—into the heart of a war zone." The novel Warm Bodies by Donald R. Morris portrays life on an LST in the 1950s. The title refers to the use of any available body in port during overhaul for any duty necessary. "A Warm Body is man with at least one arm and two fingers who can pick up something when he is told to." Although a work of fiction, the novel is based on Morris' experience as an officer aboard an LST. See also Altalena Affair – a decommissioned LST used to transport weapons to Israel was involved in a firefight between the Israel Defense Forces and a Jewish paramilitary group in June 1948 Landing craft tank List of amphibious warfare ships List of LSTs LSTH Rhino ferry West Loch Disaster Dyugon-class landing craft References Notes Bibliography * External links HMS Misoa – Landing Ship Tank (LST) Ship Tour LST325 in Evansville, Indiana DANFS: Tank Landing Ships (LST) NavSource Online: Tank Landing Ship (LST) Index InsideLST.com – a selection of information on the construction, complement, &c of LSTs, mostly taken from LST-325 United States LST Association website The American Amphibious Forces Association – information about later classes of LSTs History of LSTs including description of LSTs in use as aircraft carriers etc. The US LST Ship Memorial – A preserved and operational LST from World War II – LST 325 LST Story Film: the building and launch of Tank Landing Ship Coconino County (LST-603) during World War II. Amphibious warfare vessels Landing craft LST-542-class tank landing ships Military vehicles introduced from 1940 to 1944 Ship classes of the French Navy