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USS LST-206

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Delta - Sierra - Zulu
NDSZ

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Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (6)
Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal - Philippines Presidential Unit Citation- Philippine Liberation Medal (1)

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USS LST-206 was manned by the US Coast Guard during World War II

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During World War II USS USS LST-206 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
LST Flotilla Seven;
LST Group Twenty-One
LST Division Forty-Two and participated in the following campaigns:

Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Bismarck Archipelago operation Cape Gloucester, New Britain, 26 to 28 December 1943, 22 to 25 January, 28 January to 1 February, 7 to 10, 19 to 22 February and 25 February to 1 March 1944 Admiralty Islands landings, 19 to 23 February and 25 February to 1 March 1944	Western New Guinea operations Toem-Wakde-Sarmi area operation, 17 to 19, 21 to 23, 26 to 28 May 1944 Biak Island operation, 6 to 10 and 16 to 20 June 1944 Cape Sansapor operation, 30 July, 2, 4 to 19, 12 to 18, 20 to 26 August 1944 Morotai landings, 15 September 1944
Eastern New Guinea operation Saidor occupation, 2 to 4, 5 to 7, 8 to 11 January and 12 to 13 February 1944	Leyte operation Leyte landings, 23 October and 4 November 1944
Hollandia operation, 21 to 28 April and 1 to 7 May 1944	Borneo operation Balikpapan operation, 3 to 7 July 1945

Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 7 April 1948, to the Bethlehem Steel Co., Seattle, WA.

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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
	1332k	LSTs, including USS LST-181, USS LST-168, USS LST-206 and USS LST-245 beached at the loading area at Cape Sudest, New Guinea, 12 March 1944. US National Archives photo # III-SC 271518, Box 504, a US Army Signal Corps photo, by LT E. Commings, now in the collections of the US National Archives.		Dave Kerr
	1327k	LSTs, including USS LST-206 and USS LST-245 beached at Cape Sudest, New Guinea, 12 March 1944, while loading vehicles destined for Los Negros, Admiralty Islands Group. US National Archives photo # III-SC 271519, Box 504, a US Army Signal Corps photo, by T/4 Henry C. Manger, now in the collections of the US National Archives.		Dave Kerr
	288k	USS LST-206 and LST-22 in the surf at Leyte, as soldiers strip down and build sandbag piers out to the ramps to speed up unloading operations, 23 October 1944. US Coast Guard photo now in the collection of the US National Archives.NARA FILE #: 026-G-3738 WAR & CONFLICT BOOK #: 1210		Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret
1016020608	303k	After unloading USS LST-206 and USS LST-22 received casualties before retracting from the beach. Stretcher bearers carry a wounded soldier through the swirling surf and up the ramp of USS LST-206 where he will be cared for by the surgical team on board until being transfered to a land hospital in a safer area US National Identifier 205585528. Local ID 26-G-3735, US Coast Photo # 26-G-3735, photographer Sebright.		David Upton
	95k	USS LST-206 loaded to capacity with troops, supplies and fighting equipment, moves into the Central Philippines to deliver the stuff of war to General MacArthur's forces now occupying Leyte Island, circa late 1944-early 1945 US Coast Guard Photo		Michael Whittaker for his father Richard R. Whittaker USCGR USS LST-206
1016020606	273k	USS LST-206 loaded to capacity with troops, supplies and fighting equipment, moves into the Central Philippines to deliver the stuff of war to General MacArthur's forces now occupying Leyte Island. At the left, a chow line of soldiers moves slowly over the deck crammed with trucks, jeeps and other materiel. At the bow Coast Guard gun crews keeps alert watch for enemy attackers, circa late 1944-early 1945.. US National Archives Identifier 205585549, Local Identifier 26-G-3737, U.S. Coast Guard Photo # 26-G-3737, by US Coast Guard photographer Seright.		David Upton
1016020607	334k	USS LST-206 off-loading supplies and fighting equipment in support of General MacArthur's forces now occupying Leyte Island. circa late 1944-early 1945.. US National Archives Identifier 205585522, Local Identifier 26-G-3734, U.S. Coast Guard Photo # 26-G-3734.		David Upton
	50k	LST-206 beached with three unidentified LSTs and LCT-687, date and location unknown.		Michael Whittaker for his father Richard R. Whittaker USCGR USS LST-206
	60k	USS LST-206 beached with an unidentified LST in the background, date and location unknown		Michael Whittaker for his father Richard R. Whittaker USCGR USS LST-206
	32k	USS LST-206 beached at Balikpapan, Borneo, 10 July 1945 while being unloaded at the 7 Division docking area. Earlier unloading was carried out using long pontoons which were not as suitable as this spot inside the harbor.		Australian War Memorial

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USS LST-206
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

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Commanding Officers
01	LT. Lindquist, Karl A. E., USCGR	7 June 1943 - 1943
02	LT. Opperman, C. O., USCG	1943 - 11 June 1944
03	LTjg. Daspit Jr., Walter, USCGR	11 June 1944 - 1944
04	LT. Robertshaw, Jacob D., USCGR	1944 - 1945
05	LT. Regard, S. F., USCG	1945 - 6 March 1946
06	LT. Becton, Thomas L., USCG	6 March 1946 - 6 May 1946

Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves

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

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Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
History of LST Flotilla Seven
The USS LST Ship Memorial
LST Home Port
State LST Chapters
United States LST Association

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