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LST-206

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

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

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

LST-1 Class Tank Landing Ship:

Laid down, 7 August 1942 at the Chicago Bridge & Iron Co., Seneca, IL.

Launched, 21 April 1943

Commissioned USS LST 206, 7 June 1943, LT Karl A. E. Linquist, USCGR, in command

During World War II USS LST-206 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater LST Flotilla 7, Group 21, Division 42 and participated in the:

Bismarck Archipelago operation;
(a) Cape Gloucester, New Britain. December 1943, January, February and March 1944
(b) Admiralty Islands landings, March 1944
Hollandia operation, April and May 1944
Eastern New Guinea operation;
(a)Saidor occupation, January and February 1944
Western New Guinea operations;
(a) Toem-Wakde-Sarmi area operation, May 1944
(b) Biak Island operation, June 1944
(c) Cape Sansapor operation, July and August 1944
(d) Morotai Iandings, September 1944
Leyte operation;
(a) Leyte landings, October and November 1944
Borneo operation;
(a) Balikpapan operation, July 1945

Decommissioned, 6 May 1946

Struck from the Naval Register, 5 June 1946

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

USS LST-206 earned six battle stars for World War II service

Specifications: (as reported by Office of Naval Intelligence-1945)
Displacement 1,625 t.(lt), 4,080 t.(fl) (sea-going draft w/1675 ton load)
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)
Speed 12 kts. (maximum)
Endurance 24,000 miles @ 9kts. while displacing 3960 tons
Complement

7 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
Propulsion two General Motors 12-567, 900hp diesel engines, two shafts, twin rudders

Size	Image Description	Contributed By
55k	*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. 1 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
95k	*LST-206* fully loaded and heading for the invasion beaches, date and place unknown	Michael Whittaker for his father Richard R. Whittaker USCGR USS LST-206
50k	*LST-206* beached with three unidentified LSTs and *LCT-687*, date and place unknown.	Michael Whittaker for his father Richard R. Whittaker USCGR USS LST-206
60k	*LST-206* beached with an unidentified LST in the background, date and place unknown	Michael Whittaker for his father Richard R. Whittaker USCGR USS LST-206
32k	*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

View the LST-206
DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center web site

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
LST Home Port
State LST Chapters
United States LST Association United States LST Association
The CG History Page
U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office - LST-206

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