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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

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)

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

LST-1 Class Tank Landing Ship:

Laid down, 5 August 1942 at Chicago Bridge and Iron Co., Seneca, Ill.

Launched, 13 April 1943

Commissioned USS LST 205, 15 May 1943, LT. R. J. Buchar, USCG in command

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

Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
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

USS LST-205 was redesignated Tank Landing Ship (Hospital), LST(H)-205, 15 September 1945;

Following World War II LST(H)-205 performed occupation duty in the Far East 2 September to 14 December 1945

Decommissioned, 2 April 1946

Struck from the Naval Register, 5 June 1946

USS LST-205 earned four battle stars for World War II service

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

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

Size	Image Description	Contributed By
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
272k		Lorne Mullick
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
111k	USS LST-205 and USS LST-274 beached at Saipan, circa 17 June to 3 July 1944.	Tommy Trampp
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 and Lorne Mullick
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
19k	USS LST-205 and six unidentified LSTs on the beach at Leyte in 1944	LST Home Port courtesy Chris Wilkins
331k	USS LST-205 beached in the Philippines, circa 23 November 1944 to 16 January 1945.	Lorne Mullick
173k	USS LST-205 conning tower displaying Japanese planes shot down, during the Philippines campaign, circa 20 October 1944.	Lorne Mullick
221k	USS LST-205 takes on Chinese Nationalist refugees fleeing the revolutionary war in China, date and location unknown. US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine, February 1960.	Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
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
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

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

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

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
The USS LST Ship Memorial
LST Home Port
State LST Chapters
United States LST Association
The First Cruise of USS LST 205
U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office - USS LST-205
The Disaster at West Loch, Pearl Harbor, T.H., 21 May 1944

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