USS Begor ( APD - 127 ) USS " Begor " ( DE - 711 / APD - 127 ) was a of the United States Navy , named for Lieutenant ( junior grade ) Fay B . Begor ( 1916 - 1943 ) , a Navy doctor who was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross . " Begor " was laid down by the Defoe Shipbuilding Company in Bay City , Michigan , as a with the hull number DE - 711 . She was launched on 25 May 1944 , sponsored by Mrs . F . B . Begor , widow of Lt . ( jg ) Begor . A few weeks after launching , on 17 July 1944 , it was decided that " Begor " would be completed as a " Crosley " - class high speed transport , with the designation APD - 127 . She was commissioned on 14 March 1945 , with Lieutenant Commander B . T . Brooks , USNR , in command . Service history . World War II , 1945 . Assigned to the Pacific Fleet , " Begor " arrived at Pearl Harbor on 30 May 1945 . She arrived at Guam on 17 August after escorting convoys among the Marshall , Caroline , and Philippine Islands from June through August 1945 . Departing 20 August with Underwater Demolition Team 21 embarked , she joined 3rd Fleet units en route to occupy Japan . " Begor " entered Sagami Wan on 27 August , and on the 30th , her frogmen reconnoitered the landing beaches over which the occupation forces landed the next day . Proceeding to Yokosuka Naval Dockyard , she assisted in the de - militarization of the vessels there , and made dock surveys until departing for the United States on 25 September . " Begor " arrived at San Diego , California on 21 October 1945 . 1945 – 1949 . The fast transport operated along the west coast until June 1946 , when she sailed for Bikini Atoll to act as a drone control vessel during the " Operation Crossroads " atomic bomb tests . " Begor " returned in October , and during the next four years , carried out normal peacetime operations along the west coast , and made two cruises to the Far East from July 1947 through February 1948 , and August through December 1949 . Korean War , 1950 – 1953 . During the Korean War , " Begor " served two tours . The first tour , 7 December 1950 through September 1951 , included participation in the Hŭngnam Evacuation from 9 through 24 December , and the landing of Underwater Demolition Teams and British Commandos behind enemy lines for reconnaissance and demolition missions . On 7 April 1951 , as part of Special Task Force 74 , " Begor " along with destroyer s , and , landing ship dock and heavy cruiser , helped to carry out raids on rail lines and tunnels utilizing 250 commandos of the 41 ( Independent ) Commando , Royal Marines . These highly successful and destructive raids slowed down the enemy ' s resupply efforts , forcing the Communists to attempt to repair or rebuild the rail facilities by night while hiding the work crews and locomotives in tunnels by day . The second tour , from 14 November 1952 through 12 August 1953 , consisted of patrol and UDT operations , as well as participation in the post - Armistice prisoner of war exchange . 1954 – 1962 . After Korea , " Begor " continued alternating between the United States West Coast and the Far East . She made a Far Eastern cruise between July 1954 and March 1955 , during which she participated in the Vietnamese " Operation Passage to Freedom " , from 16 August through 30 September 1954 . " Begor " was decommissioned on 20 July 1959 , and laid up in the Reserve Fleet . She was briefly put back in commission on 20 November 1961 , then laid up again on 13 July 1962 . On 1 January 1969 she was redesignated to Amphibious Transport , Small , LPR - 127 . Decommissioning and sale . " Begor " was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 15 May 1975 , and on 6 December 1976 sold for scrapping for $ 60 , 000 to National Metal and Steel Corporation , Terminal Island , California . Awards . " Begor " received five battle star s for her Korean War service .