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USS LST-205

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USS LST-205 launching a LCT at Saipan on 20 June 1944
History
United States
NameLST-205
BuilderChicago Bridge and Iron Co., Seneca
Laid down5 August 1942
Launched13 April 1943
Sponsored byMrs. Doris DeHaven
Commissioned15 May 1943
Decommissioned2 April 1946
ReclassifiedLST(H)-205, 15 September 1945
Stricken5 June 1946
Identification
Honors and
awards
See Awards
FateScrapped, 4 June 1948
General characteristics
Class and typeLST-1-class tank landing ship
Displacement
  • 4,080 long tons (4,145 t) full load
  • 2,160 long tons (2,190 t) landing
Length328 ft (100 m) oa
Beam50 ft (15 m)
Draft
  • Full load: 8 ft 2 in (2.49 m) forward; 14 ft 1 in (4.29 m) aft
  • Landing at 2,160 t: 3 ft 11 in (1.19 m) forward; 9 ft 10 in (3.00 m) aft
Installed power
Propulsion
Speed12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Range24,000 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
Capacity
  • 2,100 tons oceangoing maximum
  • 350 tons main deckload
Troops16 officers, 147 enlisted men
Complement13 officers, 104 enlisted men
Armament

USS LST-205 was a LST-1-class tank landing ship in the United States Navy during World War II.[1]

Construction and career

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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]

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Awards

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LST-205 have earned the following awards:

Citations

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  1. ^ a b "Tank Landing Ship LST-205". www.navsource.org. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ "LST-205". NHHC. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  3. ^ "US LST Association - LST Memories: The Second Pearl Harbor Disaster". www.uslst.org. Retrieved 12 November 2021.

Sources

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