LST-206

 

LST-206 was laid down on 7 August 1942 at Seneca, 111., by the Chicago Bridge & Iron Co.; launched on 21 April 1943; sponsored by Mrs. William Connor Laird; and commissioned on 7 June 1943.

 

During World War II, LST-206 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater and participated in the following operations:

 

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

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) Mprotai landings—September 1944

Leyte landings—October and November 1944

Balikpapan operation—July 1945

 

LST-206 was decommissioned on 6 May 1946 and was struck from the Navy list on 5 June 1946. On 7 April 1948, she was sold to the Bethlehem Steel Co., of Seattle, Wash., for scrapping.

 

LST-206 earned six battle stars for World War II