Ticonderoga Town Historian and Lower Adirondack Regional Center for History (LARCH) President Bill Dolback will present “The 1085 Chronicle,” about the history of the USS LCI(L)-1085 (Landing Craft Infantry Large).
Built by the Defoe Shipbuilding Company in Bay City, Michigan, and commissioned in August 1944, this 158-foot, 400-ton vessel served in the Pacific Theater during the closing months of World War II and was later transformed into a tour boat on Lake George.
Attendees will learn how this “armor-plated marvel,” as dubbed by The New York Times, traveled from the Brooklyn Navy Yard to Lake Champlain in the 1950s, then made a portage through Ticonderoga to Lake George’s Baldwin Dock.
“This program is a fascinating look at how ingenuity and resourcefulness transformed a war-weary piece of military history into an unforgettable part of our local heritage,” said LARCH Managing Director Diane O’Connor.
The free program will be held on Friday, June 19 at 7 pm in the lower-level program room of the Hancock House Museum, 6 Moses Circle, in Ticonderoga. Reservations are recommended and may be made by calling the Hancock House at 518-585-7868 or via e-mail to larchny@bridgepoint1.com.
Photo of Large Landing Craft 1085 winding its way through Ticonderoga provided by LARCH.
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