Talk:USS LST-510

Ferry
This ship is currently serving as a car/passenger ferry between Orient Point, NY and New London, CT under the name Cape Henlopen.69.117.64.149 02:07, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

Would anyone happen to know where I can look up more information on this ship? Usually there are links at the bottom of the article showing where the information was found but there aren't any. So if there is anyone who worked on this article that could help me out I'd appreciate it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.189.236.50 (talk) 20:07, 8 June 2010 (UTC)

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I don't really know what to do with this, but it does not belong in the References section, so I am copying it here. Maybe someone else can make sense of it. Kendall-K1 (talk) 03:41, 26 August 2016 (UTC)

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The b) USS Buncombe County LST-510, a) USS LST-510 was sold to the Chesapeake Bay Ferry District (CBFD) in September of 1959. She was then rebuilt as a RO/RO ferry at Norfolk Shipbuilding and Drydock Co. located in Norfolk, VA. for the CFBD which renamed her the c) VIRGINIA BEACH. She made her maiden voyage for the CBFD in early 1960. The VIRGINIA BEACH was the seventh vessel added to the CBFD fleet and the last as the first pile for the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel was driven on 26 October 1960.  The Ferryman considered her the Ugly Duckling of the fleet because of her very functional/basic modification.  With completion of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel on 15 April 1964 the ferry service was no longer required. the VIRGINIA BEACH along with four of her fleetmates were sold to the Delaware River and Bay Authority (DRBA) for a new crossing from North Cape May, NJ to Lewes, DE.  She was renamed the d) CAPE HENLOPEN and served the DRBA until 1975 when she was sold the Mascony Transport and Ferry Service along with her then three fleetmates for a proposed ferry service between Greenport, NY and New London, CT. Opposition from an existing ferry service, politics and environmentalist were successful in blocking Mascony a license to operate a ferry service. These four vessels were much more superior to the Cross Sound Ferry (CSF) fleet at that time which would have probably put them out of business. The CAPE HENLOPEN was idle awaiting her fate but, did make some excursion cruises in 1976 to Newport, RI for Tall Ships 1976. From 1976 to 1983 she was idle and was finally bought by the CSF which she still serves today (7-20-2016). Time line; a) USS LST-510 1944-1953, b) USS BUNCOMBE COUNTY LST-510 1953-1959, c) MV VIRGINIA BEACH 1959-1964, and d) MV CAPE HENLOPEN 1964-present (7-20-2016).

References: navsource.org Merchant Ships of the United States Steamship Historical Society of America (SSHSA) MV VIRGINIA BEACH Vessel Specifications & Picture for the United States Coast Guard submitted by the CBFD. Article PowerShips Quarterly "Vessels of the Virginia Ferry Corporation 1956 to the Present" Author William L. Baxter (SSHSA) Cape Charles Historical Society (CCHS)