The Donner sitting in the James River Reserve Fleet with 3 other LSD's (in the red bracket) in 1993. Of the 4 LSD's in the bracket, the Donner is the one third from the right facing away from the camera. Also in Photo are Fort Snelling, Spiegel Grove and Plymouth Rock.

Official USN Photo

Another Donner shot sitting in the James River Reserve Fleet with now 2 other LSD's (in the red bracket) in 1993.  Donner is the one with the rusty looking deck. Also in Picture are Plymouth Rock and Spiegel Grove.

Official USN Photo

Recent letter regarding making Donner into a museum.  Time is short for this effort as the remaining World War 2 era ships in the reserve fleet are at the top of the scrapping list.

Another letter regarding the current effort to make Donner into a museum.

Ships in the James River Reserve Fleet in early 2002.  Donner is the fourth one from the bottom (the really rusty one in the middle).  The 2 LST's towards the bottom of the picture (Lorrain County on the bottom and Wood County 2nd from the bottom) were scrapped in late 2002.  The tanker between the Wood County and the Donner is the Saugatuck, the only World War T2 tanker in near original configuration.  The ship on the other side of the Donner is the Rigel.  She will be scrapped in England with the Donner.