I think I watched every History channel show or other documentary about D-Day hoping I'd see LST-372.
And out of the blue 2 weeks ago I found a newsreel clip from June 16, 1944 on the internet showing his ship transferring a vehicle to a smaller landing craft.
I didn't realize the LST could open the doors in the middle of the sea to offload vehicles.
Dad always talked of how the barrage baloons saved their #### when a JU-88 had to swerve and the bomb it dropped just missed the ship.