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DE- 718 / APD - 134 USS KLEINSMITH

CLASS - Rudderow
Displacement 1,450 Tons, Dimensions, 306' (oa) x 36' 10" x 13' 9" (Max)
Armament 2 x 5"/38AA, 4 x 40mm AA, 10 x 20mm AA, 3 x 21" TT, 1 hedgehog, 8 DCT, 2 Dc Racks.
Machinery, 12,000 SHP; GE turbines with electric drive, 2 screws
Speed, 24 Knots, Crew 186.

Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Defoe Shipbuilding, Bay City Mich. on August 30 1944.
Launched January 27 1945.
Reclassified and converted to APD-134, While Under Construction.
Commissioned June 12 1945.
Decommissioned May 16 1960.
Stricken May 16 1960.
Fate To Taiwan May 16 1960.
Renamed Tien Shan.
Still in service as of Late 1997.
Reported that she may have been stricken in Early 1998. (UnConfirmed)

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KLEINSMITH DE- 718 / APD - 134 History
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Crew Contact And Reunion Information

Contact Name: Bob Penn
Address: 1721 Mission Ave., San Rafael, CA. 94901-1814
Phone: (415) 457-0234
E-mail:

Note About Contacts.

The contact listed, Was the contact at the time for this ship when located. If another person now is the contact, E-mail me and I will update this entry. These contacts are compiled from various sources over a long period of time and may or may not be correct. Every effort has been made to list the newest contact if more than one contact was found.


Additional Resources
Destroyer Escort Sailors Association
NavSource APD Pages, KLEINSMITH

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