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	USS LST-205 launching a LCT at Saipan on 20 June 1944
History
United States
Name	LST-205
Builder	Chicago Bridge and Iron Co., Seneca
Laid down	5 August 1942
Launched	13 April 1943
Sponsored by	Mrs. Doris DeHaven
Commissioned	15 May 1943
Decommissioned	2 April 1946
Reclassified	LST(H)-205, 15 September 1945
Stricken	5 June 1946
Identification	Callsign: NZQB; ;
Honors and; awards	See Awards
Fate	Scrapped, 4 June 1948
General characteristics
Class and type	LST-1-class tank landing ship
Displacement	4,080 long tons (4,145 t) full load ; 2,160 long tons (2,190 t) landing;
Length	328 ft (100 m) oa
Beam	50 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	2 × 900 hp (670 kW) Electro-Motive Diesel 12-567A diesel engines; 1,700 shp (1,300 kW);
Propulsion	1 × Falk main reduction gears; 2 × Propellers;
Speed	12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Range	24,000 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;
Troops	16 officers, 147 enlisted men
Complement	13 officers, 104 enlisted men
Armament	Varied, ultimate armament; 2 × twin 40 mm (1.57 in) Bofors guns ; 4 × single 40 mm Bofors guns; 12 × 20 mm (0.79 in) Oerlikon cannons;

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

Construction and career

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.