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

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.

On 15 September 1945, she was redesigned as a hospital tank landing ship.

LST-205 was decommissioned on 2 April 1946 and struck from the Navy Register on 5 June later that year.

On 4 June 1948, she was sold for scrap to Hughes Bros., Inc., New York City, New York.^[1]

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  USS LST-205 during Battle of Saipan on 21 June 1944
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  USS LST-205 during Battle of Kiska on 21 August 1943

LST-205 have earned the following awards:

• China Service Medal
• American Campaign Medal
• Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (4 battle stars)
• World War II Victory Medal
• Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)
• Philippines Presidential Unit Citation
• Philippine Liberation Medal (1 award)

• United States. Dept. of the Treasury (1962). Treasury Decisions Under the Customs, Internal Revenue, Industrial Alcohol, Narcotic and Other Laws, Volume 97. U.S. Government Printing Office.
• Moore, Capt. John (1984). Jane's Fighting Ships 1984-85. Jane's Information Group. ISBN 978-0710607959.
• Saunders, Stephen (2009). Jane's Fighting Ships 2009-2010. Jane's Information Group. ISBN 978-0710628886.
• Fairplay International Shipping Journal Volume 222. United Kingdom: Fairplay Publishing Limited. 1967.