LACROSSE, Wis.— The historic World War II landing ship LST 325 unberthed from Riverside  Park after 13,000 visitors came aboard over a six-day mooring. The count exceeded expectations, organizers said. The floating museum made a U-turn and headed downriver for the next stop, at Dubuque, on its 2013 Upper Mississippi tour.

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