Brenda Newbern, manager of Parks and Recreation Tourism Division for the City of Cape Girardeau, shares her hopes for attracting tourism to Cape Girardeau.

For the past two years, the city has been exploring hosting the USS LST 325, a fully operational landing ship tank, at Riverside Park, which could bring tens of thousands of visitors to the city.

Undated photo of World War II tank landing ship USS LST-325. US Navy Photo “The way the Navy manages programs – shipbuilding programs in particular – is you’ve got the people that enforce ...

BETTENDORF — The USS LST 325, a World War II amphibious vessel, will be docked Aug. 30-Sept. 3 at the Isle Casino Hotel in Bettendorf. The vessel visited the Quad-Cities 10 years ago and was ...

He was the only one of the dozens of crew members aboard the LST-325 during an East Coast trip in 2003 who didn ... and Whicker went on to become executive director of the USS LST Ship Memorial and ...

He was the only one of the dozens of crew members aboard the LST-325 during an East Coast trip ... and Whicker went on to become executive director of the USS LST Ship Memorial and was one of ...

MARIETTA, Ohio (WTAP) - Jefferson Elementary School fifth graders got to walk through history Friday on a field trip to the USS LST 325. Students took a tour through the naval ship-turned history ...

At right, Deana Clark, executive director of Visit Marietta, facilitates a welcome ceremony of the USS LST-325 where Capt. Rob Kubota, center, presents the key to the bow of the vessel to Marietta ...

MARIETTA, OH (WTAP)- The USS LST 325 is the last fully operational WWII landing ship tank in the United States. The LST now makes their stop in Marietta near the Lafayette Hotel. Ken Rupp, the cruise ...

At right, Deana Clark, executive director of Visit Marietta, facilitates a welcome ceremony of the USS LST-325 where Capt. Rob Kubota, center, presents the key to the bow of the vessel to Marietta ...

The USS LST-325 will be coming to Marietta on Thursday and will stay through Sunday. The ship served in World War II during D-Day and served during the Cold War. (Photo Provided) MARIETTA — A ...