Thanks to Chris Frankovich for the photo: That’s the USAV General Brehon B. Somervell, aka LSV-3, based in Tacoma, heading north past West Seattle’s western shores this morning. The ship is assigned to the U.S. Army Reserve‘s 805th Transportation Detachment. We don’t know where it’s headed, but as of right now, MarineTraffic.com shows it passing Whidbey Island.
This landing craft stirred a memory. In 1962 Major General Howard S. McGee built a house on the beach in the Arroyos. On at least one occasion he held a meeting at his house, bringing the attendees by landing craft. I didn’t see it happen, so I do not know if it was as big as this one, but it was big enough that the neighbors did notice!
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