USS LST-511

USS LST-511 was an LST-491-class tank landing ship built for the United States Navy during World War II.

LST-511 was laid down on 22 July 1943 at Seneca, Illinois by the Chicago Bridge & Iron Company; launched on 30 November 1943; sponsored by Mrs. James V. Gaynor; and commissioned on 3 January 1944 with Lieutenant John Yacevich in command.

Service history
During World War II, LST-511 was assigned to the European Theater and participated in the invasion of Normandy in June, 1944. Designated as a hospital ship for the invasion with two doctors and a contingent of corpsmen, she completed 50 round trips from English ports to the Normandy beaches. LST-511 was also one of the eight LSTs participating in "Exercise Tiger", a practice for D-Day on April 28, during which German E-boats attacked, hitting three of the eight LSTs. Two sank immediately and the third was towed to port by its own LCVPs.

Upon her return to the United States, she was decommissioned on 19 December 1945 and struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 8 January 1946. On 17 February 1948 the ship was sold to the Anglo-Canadian Pulp & Paper Mills of Quebec, Canada for operation and renamed Robert McMichael. In service into the late 1960s, her final fate is unknown. LST-511 received one battle star for World War II service.