The flight deck was large enough for two Westland Wessex helicopters with rotors turning, or six could be parked with rotors folded. It was during World War II that a few experienced men recognised the great potential of landing ships and craft. Note the "US" painted on the side to distinguish this LST from British ships. Staff wanted more power and higher speeds if possible, which the EMD engines could have provided. In order that it could carry 13 Churchill infantry tanks, 27 other vehicles and nearly 200 men (in addition to the crew) at a speed of 18 knots, it could not have a shallow draught sufficient for easy unloading. Three-inch 50-caliber twin mounts replaced the old twin 40-millimeter guns, and controllable pitch propellers improved the ship's backing power. World War II was the world's darkest hour, filled with war's horrors and unimaginable cruelty. 140 had been completed when the war ended, and some saw service through to the 1970s. The LSTs were 328 feet long and 50 feet wide. She was used to transport thousands of soldiers and their equipment from South Korea to South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Contents written by … Berths on the tank deck berthed an extra 196 men. [11], Early LST operations required overcoming the 18th-century language of the Articles for the Government of the United States Navy: "He who doth suffer his ships to founder on rocks and shoals shall be punished..."[12] There were some tense moments of concept testing at Quonset, Rhode Island, in early 1943 when designer Niedermair encouraged the commanding officer of the first U.S. LST to drive his ship onto the beach at full speed of 10 knots (12 mph; 19 km/h).[10]. Ships from and sold by Amazon.com. These programmes were in full swing when the war ended, but not all vessels were completed. Additionally, many of the LSTs were demilitarized and sold to the private sector, along with thousands of other transport ships, contributing to a major downturn in shipbuilding in the United States following the war. The Philippine Navy received 20+ units of the LST Mk.2 starting in the late 1940s, and still have 7 units on their active list as of 2010. In 1954, she ran aground on a coral reef … In June 1944 they were part of the huge invasion fleet for the Normandy landings. And so the LST concept was accepted and put into production. google_ad_height = 600; A pair of Scripps marine conversions of Ford V8 engines gave it speeds of 11 knots (20 km/h) unloaded, 8 knots (15 km/h) service speed, 3 knots (5.6 km/h) on one engine. The original three LSTs were joined in 1948 by another vessel, LST 3041, renamed Empire Doric, after the ASN were able to convince commercial operators to support the new route between Preston and the Northern Ireland port of Larne. The vessel stayed on the beach overnight, returning at 08:00 the next morning. They possessed a special advantage in this role, as their size permitted two or three LSTs to go simultaneously alongside an anchored battleship or cruiser to accomplish replenishment more rapidly than standard ammunition ships. Beginning in 1939 with the German attack on Poland, the battles of the World War I ranged across the world from the France to Russia to the Pacific. As a result, each of the three (Boxer, Bruiser, and Thruster) ordered in March 1941 had a very long ramp stowed behind the bow doors. Landing Ship, Tank (LST), or tank landing ship, is the naval designation for ships first developed during World War II (1939–1945) to support amphibious operations by carrying tanks, vehicles, cargo, and landing troops directly onto shore with no docks or piers. Range was 50–80 miles on 64 gallons. LST-357 loading in England in preparation for the Normandy landings, June 1944. However, the proposal was then shown to General Marshall, Chief of Staff of the US Army, who was quick to see the need for a ship which could carry large numbers of tanks, and tank crews, right up onto the beach. World War II Amphibious Warship Veteran of the European and Pacific Theaters Normandy So. During World War II, LST-601 was assigned to the European theater and participated in the invasion of southern France in August and September 1944. Some of the first cargo on this service were two lorry-loads of 65 gas cookers each on behalf of Messrs Moffats of Blackburn, believed to be the first commercial vehicles carried in this way as freight. The specifications called for vessels capable of crossing the Atlantic, and the original title given to them was "Atlantic Tank Landing Craft" (Atlantic (T.L.C.)). Of 1,051 actually constructed, 113 LSTs were transferred to Britain under the terms of Lend-Lease, and four more were turned over to the Greek Navy. [dubious – discuss] It was a scaled-down design from ideas penned by Prime Minister Winston Churchill. But in general, even if the schedule called for 129 men, it was very common during the war, for LSTs to be understaffed as there were not enough crew to go around. As such, it was decided to build a further 80 of the ships in the UK and Canada to be available in the spring of 1945. Trucks can be seen already loaded on the weather deck. Armament was typically a Bren light machine gun aft; with two Lewis Guns in a port forward position. [17] These were USS LST-16, USS LST-337, USS LST-386, USS LST-525, LST-776, and USS LST-906. As with the standing agreement, these ships would be built by the US so British shipyards could concentrate on building vessels for the Royal Navy. Oxford : Osprey Publication, 2005. Upon completion of the reunion, the ship sailed from Pittsburgh to Marietta, Ohio, to take part in the Sternwheel Festival.[51]. 8Rottman, Gordon, Bryan. When offloading, the rafts were secured to the fore end of the ship, and the load discharged directly onto the shore, or towed on the raft to the shore. Its members are composed of Navy veterans who served in the Amphibious Forces aboard LSTs in World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. Initially the LST was a British design and only a handful of these LST(1)s were constructed in the United States, where the design was eventually heavily modified to became the LST(2). The main engines were of the 4-cylinder triple expansion 4-crank type, balanced on the Yarrow-Tweedy-Slick system, the cylinders being as follows: The common stroke was 30 inches (760 mm). Provisions were made for the satisfactory ventilation of the tank space while the tank motors were running, and an elevator was provided to lower vehicles from the main deck to the tank deck for disembarking. LST-291 was laid down on 25 September 1943 and launched 14 November 1943. LSTs were first ordered under the Lend Lease program by the British, before the United States was in World War II. To carry a load of sixty tons over the main ramp and ten tons over the vehicle ramp (i.e., the 50 ft (15 m) ramp from the upper deck to the bow door. During 1944, follow up orders were placed in Canada for a further 36. This is a List of World War II vessel types of the United States using during World War II.This list includes submarines, battleships, minelayers, oilers, barges, pontoon rafts and other types of water craft, boats and ships. This led to the ordering of RFA Engadine in 1964; however she would not be available till 1967. google_ad_width = 160; The Newport type has been removed from the U.S. Navy, and Spanish Navy, Chile, Australia, and Malaysia but serves on in the navies of Brazil, Mexico, Morocco, Taiwan, in a modified form and soon with Peru. Since most shipbuilding activities were located in coastal yards that were mainly used for construction of large, deep-draft ships, new construction facilities for the LSTs were established along inland waterways, some converted from heavy-industry plants, such as steel fabrication yards. Modified funnels and navigational aids had also to be provided before they could enter service. The World War II Database is founded and managed by C. Peter Chen of Lava Development, LLC. The ship serves as an advance outpost, and is currently at the center of a territorial dispute between China and the Philippines.[52][53]. Elsewhere, over 100 Polish Polnocny-class landing ships were produced from 1967 to 2002. Landing Ship, Tank (LST), or tank landing ship, is the naval designation for ships first developed during World War II (1939–1945) to support amphibious operations by carrying tanks, vehicles, cargo, and landing troops directly onto shore with no docks or piers. However, the only engines available were very heavy steam reciprocating engines from frigates that had been cancelled. The LST had a special flat keel that allowed the ship to be beached and stay upright. One of the provisions of this program was that the United States would not produce anything that the US didn't need as well. The preliminary plans initially called for an LST 280 feet (85 m) in length; but, in January 1942, the Bureau of Ships discarded these drawings in favor of specifications for a ship 290 feet (88 m) long. First, it is aiming to … World War II was the deadliest military conflict in history.An estimated total of 70–85 million people perished, or about 3% of the 1940 world population (est. Colonel Frank Bustard formed the Atlantic Steam Navigation Company, with a view to cheap transatlantic travel. World War II saw some of the bloodiest battles ever fought. Calling a vessel 300 ft (91 m) long a "craft" was considered a misnomer and the type was re-christened "Landing Ship, Tank (2)", or "LST (2)". Thirty-eight LSTs were converted to serve as small hospital ships and designated LSTH. In 1966 LST 821 returned to service in Vietnam and after that was given to the Philippines where it served until 1999. The Admiralty were unwilling to sell, but after negotiations agreed to let the ASN have the use of three vessels on bareboat charter at a rate of £13 6s 8d per day. Two LST (3)s were converted to command vessels, LST (C): LST 3043 and LST 3044. Notes USS Maricopa County (LST-938), had been transferred to the Republic of Vietnam Navy, and after the Fall of Saigon was captured by North Vietnamese forces. The main engines were designed to develop 2,750 hp (2,050 kW) at 185 rpm continuously. [8] During this meeting, it was decided that the Bureau of Ships would design these vessels. The goal of this site is two fold. Of the 1,051 LSTs built during the war, 670 were supplied by five "cornfield shipyards" in the Middle West. At this point ASN were made responsible for the management of twelve Admiralty LST (3)s brought out of reserve as a result of the Suez Crisis too late to see service. The British ships were used in late 1942 during the Allied invasion of Algeria, by 1943 LSTs participated in the invasion of Sicily and mainland Italy. As soon as the basic design had been developed, contracts were let and construction was commenced in quantity before the completion of a test vessel. World War II LST museum founder honored by national historic ship group Updated Jan 30, 2019; Posted Jan 01, 2018 LST 393 in Muskegon is turning 75 … The ordering of certain materials actually preceded the completion of design work. They had two Quonset huts erected on the main deck to accommodate 40 officers. They participated in the invasions of Sicily (Operation Husky), Italy, Normandy, and southern France in the European Theater and were an essential element in the island-hopping campaigns in the Pacific that culminated in the liberation of the Philippines and the capture of Iwo Jima and Okinawa. Three LST (2) were converted into British "Fighter Direction Tenders" (FDT), swapping their landing craft for Motor Launches[15] and outfitted with AMES Type 11 and Type 15 fighter control radar to provide Ground-controlled interception (GCI) coverage for air defence of the D-Day landing areas. The first purpose-built LST design was HMS Boxer. The World War II Database is founded and managed by C. Peter Chen of Lava Development, LLC. Additional resource Since the U.S. entry into World War II, West Loch had harbored, in addition to Navy and civilian vessels, large stores of ammunition, fuel, and other materiel. Marvel at state-of-the-art technology circa 1942. Nearly a thousand of these hundred meter (300 foot long) ships were built from 1942 to 1945. A stern gate to the tank deck permits unloading of LVTs into the water or the unloading of other vehicles into a landing craft utility (LCU), onto a pier, or directly into the water. By 1943, the construction time for an LST had been reduced to four months; and, by the end of the war, it had been cut to two months. When the design commenced, engineers knew that the beaches where the ships were expected to land would be very flat, but it was not possible to produce a satisfactory vessel with a 3 ft (0.91 m) draught forward, and very little keel slope, so the 1 in 50 keel slope was maintained. They supplemented the many standard LSTs, which removed casualties from the beach after landing tanks and vehicles. During World War II, LST-611 was assigned to the Asiatic- Pacific theater and participated in the following operations: Leyte landing-October 1944 Mindoro landing-December 1944 The ship operated with the Amphibious Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet, following World War II and participated in the Inchon landings in September 1950 during the Korean War. Most images used on this site were acquired through the public domain. Various methods had been investigated to overcome the problem, but heavy grounding skegs and the N.L. The LSTs needed to comply with Board of Trade regulations, and to be brought up to merchant navy standards, which involved lengthy alterations including extra accommodation. Dravo Corporation's facility at Neville Island, Pennsylvania, designated the lead shipyard for the project, built 145 vessels and developed fabrication techniques that reduced construction time and costs at all of the LST shipyards. In the immediate aftermath of World War II, upward of six million concentration camp survivors, prisoners of war, enslaved laborers, Nazi collaborators … Midway (4-7 June 1942) is widely regarded … It served in the Mediterranean Theater and during the D-Day invasion of Normandy, engaged in arctic operations in the 1950s and later was sold to the Greek Navy, where it was L-144 (A/G Syros). A bake shop and 16 refrigeration boxes for fresh provisions augmented the facilities normally provided for the crew. The bow door arrangements were similar to the LST (2), but the design arranged the bow ramp in two parts in an attempt to increase the number of beaches where direct discharge would be possible. The enormous building program quickly gathered momentum. The fleet of seven ships was to be split up with the usual three ships based at Tilbury and the others maintaining the Preston to Northern Ireland service. After arrival the LSU was slid off sideways from the LST. The LST building program was unique in several respects. and other types of water craft, boats and ships. The LCT needed lifting onto the deck of the ship, being carried on wedge-shaped support blocks; at the time of launching she was set down on the "launch ways" by simply slacking off bolts in the wedge blocks, allowing the launch way to take the weight. LST-286 en route for Operation Dragoon, Aug 1944: Soldiers and sailors singing hymns during religious services on board LST-4 en route to Southern France, 13 Aug 1944: LST-1 (right) and LST-292 high and dry on the beach at Saint-Michel-en-Greves in the Brittany region of France, Sep 1944 This work was carried out at Devonport Dockyard in 1964. This leisurely pace of work was followed for the first few voyages, the beach being employed possibly due to normal port facilities being unavailable due to wartime damage. In the period 6 June to 26 June Allied fighters controlled by the FDTs resulted in the destruction of 52 enemy aircraft by day, and 24 enemy aircraft by night.[16]. The Invasion of Lingayen Gulf 6-9 Jan 1945 was an Allied amphibious operation in the Philippines during World War II. The ships completed to this standard were LST-3043/HMS Messina, and LST-3044/HMS Narvik. The ships were fitted out for service in both very cold and tropical conditions. Consequently, construction of LSTs in the immediate post-war years was modest. They were hoisted on by means of a specially fitted 30-ton derrick; This 30-ton derrick replaced a 15-ton derrick, two of which were the standard fit of the LST (3). Swan Hunter delivered the first ships in December 1944. It is currently home ported at Evansville, Indiana at the USS LST Memorial museum. In the meantime it was decided to convert LST 3027 to serve as an interim training ship. To obtain that speed, the traditional blunt bow doors of the LST were replaced by a pointed ship bow. Originally Liverpool was chosen, but opposition from other operators led to a move to Preston in Lancashire. However, special port facilities were constructed at both Preston and Larne before the new route could be opened – a wartime-built end loading ramp built by engineers during World War II at Preston, and a floating pontoon from a Mulberry harbour connected via a bridge to the quay at Larne. Although the LST was considered a valuable target by the enemy, only 26 were lost due to enemy action, and a mere 13 were the victims of weather, reef, or accident. USS LST 325 is a floating veteran, a steel memory that honors the World War II generation. She currently operates between New London, Connecticut and Orient Point, on the East End of Long Island, New York. The tanks were sealed off by a bulkhead and the rest of the space used for stores, workshops and accommodation. These were L3012, which became L3101 (and later HMS Ben Nevis) and LST 3013, which became LST 3102, and then HMS Ben Lomond. The LST proved to be a remarkably versatile ship. They acted as LST "mother ships", similar in most aspects to American ships based on the LST (2) hull. During late 1956, the entire fleet of ASN were taken over for use in the Mediterranean during the Suez Crisis, and the drive on/drive off services were not re-established until January 1957. At their first meeting at the Atlantic conference in Argentia, Newfoundland, in August 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Prime Minister Winston Churchill confirmed the Admiralty's views. The LST (2) design was successful and production extensive, but there was still a need for more LSTs for British operations. They were better armed with ten 20 mm Oerlikons and four 40 mm Bofors. The ships were numbered numbers LST-3001 to LST-3045 and LST-3501 to LST-3534. One of these buildings has been preserved at Ft. Knox for historic reasons and can still be seen. USS LST-393, which participated in the landings on Sicily at Salerno, and the Invasion of Normandy is now located in Muskegon, Michigan as a museum and undergoing restoration. Below deck, two 10,000 gallon aviation fuel tanks were installed at the fore end of the tank deck, and refuelling positions provided at the fore end of the flight deck. By the end of the war, this had been cut to two months. LST-737 Stories of a Few of the Crew that Served on LST-737 During WWII In Honor of All the Men That Served God Bless America! LST-357 at a port in southern England being loaded with DUKWs in preparation for the D-Day Normandy invasion, early June 1944. The ship is in great condition and displays life on board the LST when she was in service as well as other historical displays. The chartered vessels had to be adapted for their new role. The Allies would have an armada of more than 5,000 ships, including 233 LSTS, more than those used at Sicily and Salerno put together. LST is defined as Landing Ship Tank (World War II vessel) very frequently. More effective in combat than the JS (Jeep Submarine) or the MHG (Mess Hall The majority of the LST(2)s were built in the United States, with approximately 80 additional build in Great Britain and Canada. Tank crews in training learned how to maneuver their vehicles onto, in and from an LST … In the late 1950s, seven LSTs of the De Soto County class were constructed. Operational training for aircrew was carried out by naval air stations at Portland and Culdrose. They provided improved berthing arrangements and a greater cargo capacity than their predecessors. The main hazard, apart from enemy action, was fire on the tank deck. The deck forward of the cargo hatch was cleared of all obstructions, and strengthened for helicopter use. Yves Buffetaut. LSTs had brought 41,035 wounded men back across the English Channel from Normandy by D-Day+114 (28 September 1944). Beaching draught was 3 ft 8 in (1.12 m), and propulsion was provided by a pair of Hudson Invader petrol engines, later replaced with Grays diesels, both sets providing 290 bhp (220 kW), giving a speed of 9.8 knots (18.1 km/h). During World War II, the Evansville, Indiana, riverfront was transformed into a 45-acre (18 ha) shipyard to produce LSTs. Ike could have used even more. On 1 July 1955, county or, in the case of Louisiana, parish names were assigned to many LSTs, which up to then had borne only a letter-number hull designation. pontoon causeways were finally accepted as standard; the pontoon causeways were formed of pontoons 7 ft (2.1 m) × 5 ft × 5 ft (1.5 m), made up into strings and rafts. While many heavy equipment items, such as main propulsion machinery, were furnished directly by the Navy, the balance of the procurement was handled centrally by the Material Coordinating Agency—an adjunct of the Bureau of Ships—so that the numerous builders in the program would not have to bid against one another. She was one of the five landing ships bought by Singapore on 5 December 1975 which consists of USS LST-836, USS LST-649, USS LST-629, USS LST-579 and USS LST-613. Shifting the vessels was complicated by bridges across waterways, many of which were modified by the Navy to permit passage. [8] The LST (2) gave up the speed of HMS Boxer, at only 10 knots, but carried a similar load while drawing only three feet forward when beaching. These new LSTs were 56 feet (17 m) longer and were equipped with four, rather than two, diesel engines, which increased their speed to 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph). This includes BRP Laguna (LT-501) (ex-USS LST-230), BRP Zamboanga del Sur (LT-86) ex-USS Marion County (LST-975), BRP Kalinga Apayao (LT-516) (ex-USS Garrett County (LST-786) and BRP Benguet (LT-507) (ex-USS Daviess County (LST-692). [50], USS LST-325, Hellenic Navy RHS Syros (L-144) 1964–1999, is one of the last operating survivors of World War II. They were renamed Empire Baltic, Empire Cedric, and Empire Celtic, perpetuating the name of White Star Line ships in combination with the "Empire" ship naming of vessels in government service during the war. On the morning of 11 September 1946 the first voyage of the Atlantic Steam Navigation Company took place when Empire Baltic sailed from Tilbury to Rotterdam with a full load of 64 vehicles for the Dutch Government. It was known that the 1:50 slope would often result in the LST grounding aft on a shallow beach, resulting in the vehicles being discharged into comparatively deep water. This is not only the story of a young sailor and his corner of the massive war, but the story The Invasion of Lingayen Gulf 6-9 Jan 1945 was an Allied amphibious operation in the Philippines during World War II. In three separate acts dated 6 February 1942, 26 May 1943, and 17 December 1943, Congress provided the authority for the construction of LSTs along with a host of other auxiliaries, destroyer escorts, and assorted landing craft. A dedicated Navy "Ferry Command" orchestrated the transportation of newly constructed ships to coastal ports for final fitting out. The rapid increase in the use of helicopters in the Royal Navy in the late 1950s and 1960s required an increase in the training and support facilities ashore and afloat. These were named after distinguished corps officers: Evan Gibb, Charles Macleod, Maxwell Brander, Snowden Smith, Humfrey Gale, Reginald Kerr, and Fredrick Glover. 2.3 billion). This allowed vehicles to be driven directly from the main deck onto the tank deck and then across the bow ramp to the beach or causeway, speeding the process of disembarkation. Some LST (3)s were converted to LST (A) (A for "assault") by adding stiffening so they could safely carry the heaviest British tanks. Note wings and fuselage of an Aeronca L-3 Grasshopper observation aircraft on a CCKW truck. Over 1,000 LSTs were laid down in the United States during World War II for use by the Allies; the United Kingdom and Canada produced eighty more.[1][2][3]. As an interim measure, three 4,000- to 4,800-GRT tankers, built to pass over the restrictive bars of Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela, were selected for conversion because of their shallow draft. A mobile crane lifted a crate in an English port, during the preparation for the Normandy invasion, circa late May or early Jun 1944 This was in contrast with the earlier opinion expressed by many military authorities that the advent of the atomic bomb had relegated amphibious landings to a thing of the past. Tank crews in training learned how to maneuver their vehicles onto, in and from an LST with these facilities. The BRP Sierra Madre (LT-57) (ex-USS Harnett County) permanently beached on the Second Thomas Shoal. For the duration of WWII they were only assigned numbers rather than names. It has been estimated that, in the combined fleets assembled for the war on Japan, the tonnage of landing ships, excluding landing craft, would have exceeded five million tons and nearly all built within four years. Fifteen LSTs of what were later to be known as the Terrebonne Parish class were constructed in the early 1950s. /* 160x600, created 3/30/10 */ In April 1942 a mock-up of the well-deck of an LST was constructed at Fort Knox, Kentucky to resolve the problem of ventilation within the LST well-deck. The first keel was laid down on June 10, 1942 and by the end of World War II, 1,051 of the vessels had been built. History of U. S. Navy World War II LST ( Landing Ship Tank) 494, an amphibious warship that saw action in invasions of Normandy(Omaha Beach), Southern France and Okinawa. Initially the LST was a British design and only a handful of these LST(1)s were constructed in the United States, where the design was eventually heavily modified to became the LST(2). The Indian Navy maintains a fleet of seven Polnocny-class LSTs and LCUs known collectively as the Kumbhir class.[54][55]. [10] By January 1942, the first scale model of the LST had been built and was undergoing tests at the David Taylor Model Basin in Washington, D.C. The addition of radar allowed the ship to navigate in fog or in heavy seas but added at least two more crew member specialists. The bow had a large door that could open, deploy a ramp and unload U.S. or allied vehicles. LSTs were first ordered under the Lend Lease program by the British, before the United States was in World War II. Railroad tracks were welded to the deck and ramp of LST-388, and it made 29 round trips between England and France carrying rail cars. During World War II, the Armor Training School in Ft. Knox, KY, constructed buildings as exact mock-ups of an LST. At its peak, the Evansville Shipyard employed a workforce of over 19,000 and completed two of these massive ships per week, becoming the largest inland producer of LSTs in the US. This enabled amphibious assaults on almost any beach. When Admiral Stark, Chief of Naval Operations was approached, he said he saw no use for them. The commissioning of the Newport class in 1969 marked the introduction of an entirely new concept in the design of LSTs. Construction of the LST (1)s took until 1943 and the first US LST (2) was launched before them.[7]. The U.S. were to build seven LST (1) but in light of the problems with the design and progress with the LST Mark II the plans were canceled. In the period between the wars Lt. The ship is kept in navigable shape and makes cruises every year for 2 – 4 weeks. Recent Additions To Web Site The keel of the first LST was laid down on 10 June 1942 at Newport News, Virginia, and the first standardized LSTs were floated out of their building dock in October. From their combat début in the Solomon Islands in June 1943 until the end of the hostilities in August 1945, the LSTs performed a vital service in World War II. Dedicated to the brave and courageous men who served their country aboard this ship during World War II. USS LST-649, Republic of Singapore Navy renamed RSS Resolution (L-204) now being used as a training ship to this day as of 29/7/2020 at Tuas Naval Base, Singapore. Within a month, final working plans were developed that further stretched the overall length to 328 feet (100 m) and called for a 50-foot (15 m) beam and a minimum draft of 3.8 feet (1.2 m). During the Korean War a number of LSTs were converted to transport the much needed, but slow and short range LSU from the United States to the Korean theater of war using the piggy-back method. A small deckhouse used to support the gun emplacements was retained, although no guns were fitted, and it was used by the Flight Deck Officer as a helicopter control position. The end of World War II left the Navy with a huge inventory of amphibious ships. 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