USS Schmitt ( DE - 676 ) USS " Schmitt " ( DE - 676 / APD - 76 ) was a in the United States Navy , named for Father Aloysius H . Schmitt . " Schmitt " was laid down on 22 February 1943 by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Company of Quincy , Massachusetts ; launched on 29 May 1943 , sponsored by Mrs . Elizabeth Buchheit ; and commissioned on 24 July 1943 , under the command of Lieutenant Commander T . D . Cunningham . Service history . World War II , 1943 – 1945 . After shakedown in Bermuda and repairs at New York , " Schmitt " departed from New York on 19 October 1943 escorting a convoy to Curaçao in the West Indies , and then made her first trans - Atlantic crossing with a convoy from Curaçao to Derry , Northern Ireland . She served on the Derry - New York convoy route until 30 September 1944 , crossing the ocean 16 times without incident . Between voyages , the escort underwent anti - submarine training at Derry or at Casco Bay , Maine , and received repairs made necessary by the rough North Atlantic weather . On 21 October , " Schmitt " began a convoy voyage from Norfolk to Bizerte and other Mediterranean ports , returning to New York on 10 December . Between 16 December 1944 and 19 January 1945 , she served as training ship for submarines at New London , Connecticut , and then on 20 January arrived at the United States Naval Frontier Base , Tompkinsville , Staten Island , New York , for conversion to a " Charles Lawrence " - class high speed transport . Her designation was changed to APD - 76 on 24 January 1945 . " Schmitt " completed conversion on 3 April 1945 , and once again underwent shakedown , this time out of Norfolk . She departed Hampton Roads on 19 April and arrived at Pearl Harbor on 16 May . She embarked Underwater Demolition Team s there and carried out six days of exercises with them at Maui before sailing for the Southwest Pacific on 4 June . The fast transport arrived off Balikpapan , Borneo , on 23 June , and screened the bombardment group of cruisers and destroyers during shore bombardment missions between 23 and 28 June . Her UDT personnel carried out night reconnaissance operations on 25 and 28 June , with the ship resuming escort duties during the day . On 1 July , " Schmitt " s boat led the first 17 waves of landing craft to the beach . The ship left Balikpapan on 3 July , disembarking her UDT personnel at Oceanside , California , on 2 August ; and , while the ship was under repair at San Pedro from 4 to 18 August , the war in the Pacific came to an end . Post - war activities , 1945 – 1949 . " Schmitt " reembarked UDT personnel and departed from San Pedro on 19 August . She arrived at Sasebo , Japan , on 20 September and carried out four days of beach reconnaissance there followed by two more days on nearby islands . She got underway from Japan on 27 September and returned on 19 October to San Diego . Between 17 and 30 November , she made one round - trip voyage to Pearl Harbor , bringing troops home to the United States , and then sailed through the Panama Canal and proceeded to join the Atlantic Fleet at Norfolk on 16 December . For the next three and a half years , " Schmitt " conducted peacetime training and upkeep along the Atlantic Coast , highlighted by refresher training and shore bombardment practice in the Caribbean and amphibious landing exercises in Newfoundland and Labrador . She varied her normal routine between 12 June and 7 July 1948 when she escorted four Naval Academy sailing yawls in the Newport to Bermuda race . Decommissioning and sale . On 16 April 1949 , the fast transport arrived at Charleston , South Carolina , for inactivation , and was decommissioned and placed in reserve there on 28 June . " Schmitt " was struck from the Navy List on 1 May 1967 , and transferred in February to Taiwan as ROCS " Lung Shan " ( PF - 44 ) . She was subsequently scrapped in 1976 . Awards . " Schmitt " received one battle star for her World War II service .