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DE-232 / APD-91 Kinzer


USS Kinzer (APD-91) was transferred to the Republic of China and renamed Yu Shan (PF-44)
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 - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Medal (with Asia Clasp)
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
  • During World War II Kinzer was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the:
  • 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 Yu Shan (PF-44)
  • Pennant number changed to PF-32 and later to 826, then 832
  • Current 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
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    USS Kinzer (APD-91)
    Kinzer 2k Kinzer (APD-91) at anchor, date and place unknown. Jimmie Wilkerson for Junie Olaphant, 1945-46 USS Kinzer
    LCI(L)-632 109k Kinzer (APD-91) and 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
    Yu Shan ( PF-32)
    Kinzer 46k ex-Kinzer (APD-91) in the Republic of China service as Yu Shan (PF-32) underway, off Taiwan in 1974. Courtesy, Karsten Petersen, SAILOR - on the blue path of the World web site
    View the Kinzer (APD-91) History eyewitness account by Graham S. Smith, CTRCS USN, Ret.
    View the Kinzer (APD-91)
    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center web site
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    Destroyer Escort Sailors Association
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