USS LST-205
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | LST-205 |
| Builder | Chicago Bridge and Iron Co., Seneca |
| Laid down | 5 August 1942 |
| Launched | 13 April 1943 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. Doris DeHaven |
| Commissioned | 15 May 1943 |
| Decommissioned | 2 April 1946 |
| Reclassified | LST(H)-205, 15 September 1945 |
| Stricken | 5 June 1946 |
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| Honors and awards | See Awards |
| Fate | Scrapped, 4 June 1948 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | LST-1-class tank landing ship |
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| Length | 328 ft (100 m) oa |
| Beam | 50 ft (15 m) |
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| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
| Range | 24,000 nmi (44,000 km; 28,000 mi) at 9 kn (17 km/h; 10 mph) while displacing 3,960 long tons (4,024 t) |
| Boats & landing craft carried | 2 or 6 x LCVPs |
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| Troops | 16 officers, 147 enlisted men |
| Complement | 13 officers, 104 enlisted men |
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USS LST-205 was a LST-1-class tank landing ship in the United States Navy during World War II.[1]
Construction and career
[edit]LST-205 was laid down on 5 August 1942 at Chicago Bridge and Iron Co., Seneca, Indiana. Launched on 12 April 1943 and commissioned on 15 May 1943.[2]
During World War II, LST-205 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater. She took part in the Gilbert Islands operations from 21 November to 8 December 1943.
She was present during the West Loch disaster and she was moored with LST-69, LST-225, LST-274, LST-43, LST-179, LST-353, and LST-39. No crew members were lost aboard the ship during that disaster.[3] She was then sent to take part in the Battle of Biak Island from 9 to 13 June 1944. The ship again took part in the Battle of Saipan from 17 June to 3 July 1944 and the Leyte landings from 20 October and 19 to 29 November 1944.
On 15 September 1945, she was redesigned as a hospital tank landing ship.
LST-205 was decommissioned on 2 April 1946 and struck from the Navy Register on 5 June later that year.
On 4 June 1948, she was sold for scrap to Hughes Bros., Inc., New York City, New York.[1]
Gallery
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USS LST-205 during Battle of Saipan on 21 June 1944 -
USS LST-205 during Battle of Kiska on 21 August 1943
Awards
[edit]LST-205 have earned the following awards:
- China Service Medal
- American Campaign Medal
- Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (4 battle stars)
- World War II Victory Medal
- Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)
- Philippines Presidential Unit Citation
- Philippine Liberation Medal (1 award)
Citations
[edit]- ^ a b "Tank Landing Ship LST-205". www.navsource.org. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ "LST-205". NHHC. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ "US LST Association - LST Memories: The Second Pearl Harbor Disaster". www.uslst.org. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
Sources
[edit]- United States. Dept. of the Treasury (1962). Treasury Decisions Under the Customs, Internal Revenue, Industrial Alcohol, Narcotic and Other Laws, Volume 97. U.S. Government Printing Office.
- Moore, Capt. John (1984). Jane's Fighting Ships 1984-85. Jane's Information Group. ISBN 978-0710607959.
- Saunders, Stephen (2009). Jane's Fighting Ships 2009-2010. Jane's Information Group. ISBN 978-0710628886.
- Fairplay International Shipping Journal Volume 222. United Kingdom: Fairplay Publishing Limited. 1967.
