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DE-62 / APD-43 George W Ingram
Charles Lawrence Class High-speed Transport: Laid down 6 February 1943 as a Buckley Class Destroyer Escort at Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Hingham MA.; Launched 8 May 1943; Commissioned USS George W Ingram (DE-62), 11 August 1943; Converted to a Charles Lawrence Class High-speed Transport at Tompkinsville NY; redesignated (APD-43), 23 February 1945; Decommissioned 15 January 1947 at San Diego; Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Columbia River Group, Brememton Wash; Struck from the Naval Register 1 January 1967; Transferred to Taiwan, renamed Kang Shan (PF-43), hull number (343), 19 September 1967; Final Disposition, struck by Taiwan 1978, scrapped 1979.
Specifications: Displacement 1,400 t; Length 306' (oa); Beam 36' 10"; Draft 13' 6" (max); Speed 24 kts; Range 6,000 nautical miles at 12 kts; Complement 186; Troop Capacity 162; Boats 4 LCVP landing craft; Armament 1 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount, 3 twin 40mm gun mounts, 8 single 20mm gun mounts, 2 depth charge tracks; Propulsion, 2 GE Turbines, (turbo-electric drive), 2 boilers 2 shafts, 12,000 Shaft horsepower.
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