Last year, I was able to purchase an original EMD file on the Landing Ship Tanks – containing several original photos that EMD kept for use in various promotional material and whatnot.

Not even 2 weeks after VE Day, the Navy Department responded to an EMD (note that the letter references EMC, the changeover having occurred 4 years prior!) request for photos of a completed LST engine room.

The Navy responded with the above two fantastic photos showing the front end of a recently completed LST’s engine room. Along with the above, there was also a large set of photos showing the engines in the shop, as well as the installation of one of the engines. Some of these photos have been seen before in EMD literature including the EMD book Diesel War Power.

Fresh off the assembly line, this 567 has not been installed on its subframe yet, however the Falk clutch drum has been installed on the flywheel.

A completed 567ATLP. This photo, with the background whited out, was used in the engine manual (see Part I).

A completed engine is loaded on a flatcar ready for shipment to a shipyard.

An ATLS engine has arrived at the shipyard, and an unknown dignitary is posed for photos alongside the engine.

The engine has been slung, and a crane begins the process of swinging it over the in-progress LST. Check out the bank of 4 Lincoln pig welders and the sternwheel towboat!

Down she goes. Unfortunately, I do not know what LST this is under construction. With as many LST engines were recycled, there’s a chance this one saw daylight once again.

Along with the construction photos above, EMD kept a handful of photos of LST’s in use provided by the Signal Corps and the Navy Department. All of these have typed captions which can speak for themselves.

A few more things to add that I have come across, the January 1944 issue of Popular Mechanics had a nice painting of an LST on the cover..

And finally, General Motors ran a two page advertisement showing 5 of the 6 types Landing Craft which were powered by GM: LCI, LCT, LCM and LCVP’s with Detroit Diesel 6-71’s and the LST with the EMD 567. Missing is the 278A powered LSM. There are some other versions of this advertisement, including a condensed one to fit on one page.

Be sure to check out the full series:
Part I – The EMD 567ATL: The power behind the Large, Slow Target (WWII LST)
Part II – The EMD 567ATL: Repowers
Part III – The EMD 567ATL: The 567CA
Part IV -The EMD 567ATL: Part IV, LST Survivors