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History
USS KinzerUnited States
NameUSS Kinzer (DE-232)
NamesakeEdward B. Kinzer
BuilderCharleston Navy Yard
Laid down9 September 1943 as Rudderow-class destroyer escort
Launched9 December 1943
Sponsored byMrs. Charles E. Kinzer
ReclassifiedAPD-91, 17 July 1944
Commissioned1 November 1944
Decommissioned18 December 1946
Stricken1 March 1965
Honors and
awards
  • 1 battle star for World War II service
  • China Service Medal
FateSold to the Republic of China, 21 April 1965
History
USS KinzerTaiwan
NameROCS Yu Shan (Chinese: 玉山; DE-32)
ReclassifiedPF-32
General characteristics
Class and typeCrosley-class high speed transport
Displacement2,130 long tons (2,164 t) full
Length306 ft (93 m)
Beam37 ft (11 m)
Draft12 ft 7 in (3.84 m)
Speed23 knots (43 km/h; 26 mph)
Troops162
Complement204
Armament
  • 1 × 5 in (130 mm) gun
  • 6 × 40 mm guns
  • 6 × 20 mm guns
  • 2 × depth charge tracks

USS Kinzer (APD-91), ex-DE-232, was a United States Navy high-speed transport in commission from 1944 to 1946.

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