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USS LST(H)-205
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USS LST-205 (1943 - 1945)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Zulu - Quebec - Bravo
NZQB

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Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons



Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - China Service Medal (extended)
Second Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (4) - World War II Victory Medal
Third Row - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippines Presidential Unit Citation - Philippine Liberation Medal (1)

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USS LST-205 was manned by the US Coast Guard during World War II

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During World War II, USS LST-205 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
LST Flotilla Thirteen;
LST Group Thirty-Nine;
LST Division Seventy-Eight
LST Flotilla Five, CAPT. G.B. Carter, USN;
LST Group Fifteen, CDR. V. K. Busck, USN;
LST Division Thirty
LST Flotilla Fourteen, CAPT. E. E Seay USN (24);
LST Group Forty-Two, CDR. G. E. Artz USN (34);
LST Division Eighty-Four and participated in the following campaigns

Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Gilbert Islands operation Tarawa, 21 November to 8 December 1943	Marianas operation Capture and occupation of Saipan, 17 June to 3 July 1944
Western New Guinea operations Biak Island operation, 9 to 13 June 1944	Leyte operation Leyte landings, 20 October and 19 to 29 November 1944

Final Disposition, sold, 4 June 1948, to Hughes Bros., Inc., New York City, N.Y., for scrapping

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Specifications:

Displacement

1,625 t.(lt)

4,080 t.(fl) (sea-going draft w/1675 ton load)

2,366 t. (beaching displacement)

Length 328' o.a.

Beam 50'

Draft

light 2' 4" fwd, 7' 6" aft

sea-going 8' 3" fwd, 14' 1" aft

landing 3' 11" fwd, 9' 10" aft (landing w/500 ton load)

limiting 11' 2"

maximum navigation 14' 1"

Speed 11.6 kts. (trial)

Endurance 24,000 miles @ 9kts. while displacing 3960 tons

Complement

13 officers

104 enlisted

Troop Accommodations

16 officers

147 enlisted

Boats 2 LCVP

Cargo Capacity (varied with mission - payloads between 1600 and 1900 tons)

Typical loads

One Landing Craft Tank (LCT), tanks, wheeled and tracked vehicles, artillery, construction equipment and military supplies. A ramp or elevator forward allowed vehicles access to tank deck from main deck

Additional capacity included sectional pontoons carried on each side of vessel amidships, to either build Rhino Barges or use as causeways. Married to the bow ramp, the causeways would enabled payloads to be delivered ashore from deeper water or where a beachhead would not allow the vessel to be grounded forward after ballasting

Armament (varied with availability when each vessel was outfitted. Retro-fitting was accomplished throughout WWII. The ultimate armament design for United States vessels was

2 - Twin 40MM gun mounts w/Mk. 51 directors

4 - Single 40MM gun mounts

12 single 20MM gun mounts

Fuel Capacity

Diesel 4,300 Bbls

Propulsion

two General Motors 12-567A, 900hp Diesel engines

single Falk Main Reduction Gears

three Diesel-drive 100Kw 230V D.C. Ship's Service Generators

two propellers, 1,700shp

twin rudders

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Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Contributed By
1016020530	341k	USS LST-205 beached on the Northern Beachhead during the Kiska Island landings, 21 August 1943, the final amphibious operations phase of Operation Cottage. Ref. COM9thPHIBFOR Report of "Cottage" Operation, Occupation of Kiska, dated October 6, 1943. National Archives Identifier 78186893. Life Magazine. ID TimeLife_image_116091520, by Dmitri Kessel, (For personal non-commercial use only.)		David Upton
	183k	King Neptune and his court arrive aboard USS LST-205 to celebrate crossing the Equator, probably in November 1943 while enroute to the Gilbert Islands, circa November 1943.		Lorne Mullick
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	231k	USS LST-205 beached in either the Gilbert or Ellice Islands, circa 21 November 1943 to 13 February 1944.		Lorne Mullick
	311k	USS LST-205 at anchor in either the Gilbert or Ellice Islands, circa 21 November 1943 to 13 February 1944.		Lorne Mullick
	33k	USS LST-205 at Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, circa 21 November to 11 December 1943.		Peter Hansen in honor of his father CPO Harold Hansen USS LST-205
	32k	USS LST-205 at Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, circa 21 November to 11 December 1943.		Peter Hansen in honor of his father CPO Harold Hansen USS LST-205
	45k	USS LST-205 beached while unloading vehicles in either the Gilbert or Ellice Islands, circa 21 November 1943 to 13 February 1944.		Lorne Mullick
	35k	USS LST-205 at Apamama, Gilbert Island, circa 4 January to 12 February 1944		Peter Hansen in honor of his father CPO Harold Hansen USS LST-205
1016020529	257k	USS LST-205 launching LCT(6)-1062 at Saipan, Marianas Islands, 20 June 1944. US National Archives Identifier 193831526, US Army Air Corps photo # 63665A.C., now in the collections of the U.S. National Archives		David Upton
1016020531	141k	USS LST-205 beaching at Saipan, 20 June 1944. Frame image taken from a short film named "Saipan Island Aslito Airfield and Astolap Airfield" National Archives ID 4157. Local ID 188-CS-1790.>/i>		David Upton
	111k	USS LST-205 and USS LST-274 beached at Saipan, circa 17 June to 3 July 1944.		Tommy Trampp and Jennifer Garcia for her fathere Gunner's Mate George Bell
1016020524	291k	USS LST-205 beached on a reef along with two other LSTs during landing operations on Saipan, Marianas Islands, 21 June 21 1944. U.S. National Archives Identifier 193832647, US Army Air Corps photo # 63658A.C., now in the collections of the U.S. National Archives		David Upton
1016020528	243k	USS LST-205 beached on a reef during landing operations on Saipan, Marianas Islands, 21 June 21 1944, U.S. National Archives Identifier 193831496, US Army Air Corps photo # 63660A.C., now in the collections of the U.S. National Archives		David Upton
1016020525	312k	USS LST-205 beached on a reef along with two another LST during landing operations on Saipan, Marianas Islands, 21 June 21 1944, as men of the US Army Air Corps 804th Engineer Aviation Battalion roll floating gasoline drums from the ship to shore. U.S. National Archives Identifier 193831508, US Army Air Corps photo # B-63655A.C., now in the collections of the U.S. National Archives		David Upton
1016020526	256k	US Army soldiers of the 804th Engineer Aviation Battalion disembark from USS LST-205 during landing operations on Saipan, Marianas Islands, 21 June 1944. U.S. National Archives Identifier 193831493, US Army Air Corps photo # A-63655A.C., now in the collections of the U.S. National Archives		David Upton
1016020527	235k	USS LST-205 sits on the reef in the background as US Army soldiers of the 804th Engineer Aviation Battalion unload their equipment from an LST, during landing operations on Saipan, Marianas Islands, 21 June 1944. U.S. National Archives Identifier 193831490, US Army Air Corps photo # 63656A.C., now in the collections of the U.S. National Archives		David Upton
	21k	USS LST-205 at Humboldt Bay, New Guinea, circa 14 to 17 November 1944		Peter Hansen in honor of his father CPO Harold Hansen USS LST-205
	44k	USS LST-205 at Humboldt Bay, New Guinea, circa 14 to 17 November 1944		Peter Hansen in honor of his father CPO Harold Hansen USS LST-205
	267k	USS LST-205 at Tacloban, Leyte, Philippines, circa 23 November to 19 December 1944.		Peter Hansen in honor of his father CPO Harold Hansen USS LST-205 Lorne Mullick and Jennifer Garcia for her father Gunner's Mate George Bell
	353k	USS LST-205 embarking Army troops while in the Philippines, circa, 23 November 1944 to 16 January 1945.		Lorne Mullick
	478k	Filipino selling food and other items to crew of USS LST-205 in the Philippines, circa, 23 November 1944 to 16 January 1945.		Lorne Mullick
	24k	USS LST-205 at Leyte in 1944		LST Home Port, courtesy Chris Wilkins
1016020510	194k	USS LST-205 and six unidentified LSTs on the beach at Leyte in 1944		Jennifer Garica for her father George Bell, USS LST-205
	331k	USS LST-205 beached in the Philippines, circa 23 November 1944 to 16 January 1945.		Lorne Mullick and Jennifer Garcia for her father George Bell
	173k	USS LST-205 conning tower displaying Japanese planes shot down, during the Philippines campaign, circa 20 October 1944.		Lorne Mullick
	20k	Left to Right, Rear to Front: Grasse, Walker, Mullines, Sangimo, Adams, Malling, Wherely, Growcock, Skatts, Frego, Kosiba, Kraft, Lykins, Rider, Johnson, Maxwell, Hansen, Newton, Elmore, Clemons, Rice, Kosup		Harold Hansen
	18k	Left to Right: VanWarmer, Heaton, Wiscow, Lally, Tatum, Koseba, Mullick, Kosup		Harold Hansen
	311k	USS LST-205 crews mess, date and location unknown		Lorne Mullick
	268k	Sacramento Bee newspaper photo, date unknown of local sailors serving in USS LST-205.		Lorne Mullick

USS LST-205 Crew Photos from the collection of Gunner's Mate George Bell Contributed by his daughter Jennifer Garcia

George Bell			Carlisle	Crossing the Equator
Marines	Monkey Mascot

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USS LST-205
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

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Commanding Officers
01	LT. Buchar, Raymond J. USCG	15 May 1943 - 1944
02	LTjg. Bean, Phillip L. USCGR	1944 - 1945
03	LT. Regard, S. F. USCGR	1945 - 2 April 1946

Courtesy US Coast Guard Historian's Office

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Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest see; 1. The USS LST Ship Memorial 2. LST Home Port 3. State LST Chapters 4. United States LST Association 5. The First Cruise of USS LST 205 6. The Disaster at West Loch, Pearl Harbor, T.H., 21 May 1944

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Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log

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