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USS Kinzer (APD-91)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Foxtrot - Golf - Papa
NFGP

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - China Service Medal (extended) - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Medal (with Asia Clasp)

USS Kinzer (APD-91) was transferred to the Republic of China and renamed ROCS Yu Shan (PF-44)

Crosley Class High-speed Transport:

Laid down, 9 September 1943, as (DE-232) a Rudderow Class Destroyer Escort at Charleston Navy Yard, Charleston, S.C.

Launched, 9 December 1943

Reclassified a Crosley Class High-speed Transport, 17 July 1944

Commissioned USS Kinzer (APD-91), 1 November 1944, LT. Richard C. Young, USNR, in command

During World War II Kinzer was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaign:

**Asiatic-Pacific Campaign**
Campaign and Dates
Okinawa Gunto operation Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 26 March (pre-invasion) to 30 June 1945

Decommissioned, 18 December 1946, at San Diego, CA.

Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, San Francisco Group

Struck from the Naval Register, 21 April 1965

Sold to Taiwan, 21 April 1965, under terms of the Military Assistance Program, renamed ROCS Yu Shan (PF-44)

Pennant number changed to PF-32 and later to 826, then 832

Last know disposition as of 1998, active in the Taiwan Navy as a Fisheries Patrol Vessel

Kinzer received one battle star for service in World War II

Specifications:
Displacement 1,400 t.
Length 306' ovl.
Beam 37"
Draft 12' 7" (limiting)
Speed 23.6 kts. (trial)
Range 6,000 nautical miles at 12 kts.
Complement

12-15 Officers

189-192 Enlisted
Troop Accommodations

12 Officers

150 Enlisted
Boats 4 LCVP landing craft
Troop Accoutrements

six 1/4 ton trucks

two 1 ton trucks

four ammunition carts

four pack howitzers
Storage

Ammunition 6,000 cu. ft.

General Cargo 3,500 cu. ft.

Gasoline 1,000 cu. ft.
Armament

one 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount

three twin 40 mm gun mounts

six single 20 mm gun mounts

two depth charge tracks
Propulsion

2 Babcox and Wilcox DR boilers

2 GE Turbines, (turbo-electric drive)

2 shafts, shaft horsepower 12,000

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By
USS Kinzer (APD-91)
	2k	*USS Kinzer* (APD-91)** at anchor, date and location unknown.	Jimmie Wilkerson for Junie Olaphant, 1945-46 USS Kinzer
	109k	*USS Kinzer* (APD-91)** and USS LCI(M)-632 moored in the ice at Chingwangtao, China, February 1946. Photo from the USS LCI National Association's newsletter "The Elsie Item" March 2002 issue, courtesy of Robert M. Norris, USS LCI(M) 631).	Ardie Hunt
ROCS Yu Shan ( PF-32)
	46k	Ex-*USS Kinzer* (APD-91) in the Republic of China service as ROCS Yu Shan (PF-32)** underway, off Taiwan in 1974.	Courtesy, Karsten Petersen, SAILOR - on the blue path of the World web site

View the USS Kinzer (APD-91)
DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center

View the USS Kinzer (APD-91) History eyewitness account by Graham S. Smith, CTRCS USN, Ret.
hr> View the USS Kinzer (APD-91) History eyewitness account by Gilbert E. Wyatt SM1/c USN

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
Fleet Reserve Association

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
Destroyer Escort Sailors Association

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