Greater Muscatine Chamber of Commerce & Industry invites the community and visitors to a special event on September 11 from 5-8 PM called: United We Remember: 250 Years of Service 9/11 Muscatine Tribute w/ LST-325. Join us as we celebrate the Navy, Army & Marine’s 250th Birthday, including an enlistment ceremony for new Navy recruits! Members from the Arsenal and local EMS will be highlighted as well as a special moment dedicated to the men and women who lost their lives on September 11th, 2001. Following the ceremony, stay for live music and food trucks.

More about the LST-325:

These ships could carry twenty Sherman tanks in the giant hold within the ship. They were the only ships ever made that could go anywhere in the world and deposit their cargo onto a hostile beach and then go get another load. On the main deck they could also carry 30-40 trucks, tons of fuel, ammunition or supplies and soldiers.

The LSTs were used during World War II, Korea, and the Vietnam conflicts. This ship, LST 325, was in the invasion at Omaha Beach on D-Day, June 6, 1944. It was also at Sicily on July 10, 1943. The United States never lost an invasion once the LSTs were designed, produced, and could land the big tanks right on the beach.

Plan to spend part of the weekend of September 11-15, 2025 in Muscatine, IA this year. This ship is truly a piece of world history!