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DE-233 / APD-92 Register


USS Register (APD-92) was transferred to the Republic of China and renamed Tai Shan (PF-38)
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive, 19 May 1945 Okinawa) - American Campaign Medal Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1)
Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippines Liberation Medal
Crosley Class High-speed Transport:
  • Laid down, 27 October 1943, as (DE-233) a Rudderow Class Destroyer Escort at Charleston Navy Yard, Charleston, S.C.
  • Launched 20 January 1944
  • Converted to a Crosley Class High-speed Transport, 17 June 1944
  • Commissioned USS Register (APD-92), 11 January 1945
  • Decommissioned, 31 March 1946, at Green Cove Springs FL.
  • Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Green Cove Springs Group
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1 September 1966
  • Transferred to Republic of China, renamed Tai Shan (PF-38)
  • Final Disposition, struck from the Taiwanese Naval Register and scrapped 1991
  • Register earned one battle star for World War II service
    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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    Register 107k Invitation to the twin launching of Register (DE-233) and Brock (DE-234) at Charleston Navy Yard, Charleston, S.C., 20 January 1944. Karl Plenge
    Register 682k Cover of the program for the twin launching of Register (DE-233) and Brock (DE-234) at Charleston Navy Yard, Charleston, S.C., 20 January 1944. Jon Burdett
    Register 178k Inside pages of the program for the twin launching of Register (DE-233) and Brock (DE-234) at Charleston Navy Yard, Charleston, S.C., 20 January 1944. Jon Burdett
    Register 75k Presentation of flowers to Mrs. Ethel L. Register, sponsor for Register (DE-233) at Charleston Navy Yard, Charleston, S.C., 20 January 1944.
    US Navy Photo, Charleston Navy Yard File No. 1270.    		 Karl Plenge
    Register 98k Capt. C. J. Harder, USN, Charleston Navy Yard Supply Officer, speaks on the life of LCDR Paul J. Register in whose honor Register (DE-233) was named, 20 January 1944.
    US Navy Photo, Charleston Navy Yard File No. 1270-13    		 Karl Plenge
    Register 117k On behalf of the Charleston Navy Yard workers, Mr. W.M. Zeigler of the yards Central Shop Committee, presents a cup to Mrs. Ethel L. Register, sponsor for Register
    US Navy Photo, Charleston Navy Yard File No. 1270-12.    		 Karl Plenge
    Register 80k Principal figures at the launching of Register (DE-233) at the Charleston Navy Yard, 20 January 1944. Left to Right: Miss Nell Hanson, Maid of Honor; Nancy Register, daughter of the sponsor; RADM Jules James, Commandant Ninth Naval District and Charleston Navy Yard; Mrs. Ethel L. Register, sponsor, and her son Paul.
    US Navy Photo, Charleston Navy Yard File No. 1270-6.    		 Karl Plenge
    Register 136k Mrs. Ethel L. Register sends Register (DE-233) down the ways at Charleston Navy Yard, Charleston, S.C., 20 January 1944. Mrs. Register christened the ship in honor of her husband LCDR Paul J. Register who was killed during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. The launching is part of the double ceremony that also so Brock (DE-234) go into the water.
    US Navy Photo, Charleston Navy Yard File No. 1270-2.    		 Karl Plenge
    Register 117k Register (DE-233) slides down the builders ways at Charleston Navy Yard, 20 January 1944.
    US Navy Photo, Charleston Navy Yard File No. 1270-1.    		 Karl Plenge
    Register 54k Register (APD-92) commissioning ceremony, at Charleston Navy Yard, Charleston, S.C., 11 January 1945. Hyperwar US Navy in World War II
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