USS Bostwick ( DE - 103 ) USS " Bostwick " ( DE - 103 ) was a Cannon class destroyer escort built for the United States Navy during World War II . She served in the Atlantic Ocean and provided escort service against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys . She was laid down on 6 February 1943 at Wilmington , Delaware , by the Dravo Corp . ; launched on 30 August 1943 ; sponsored by Mrs . Fred D . Pierce ; and commissioned on 1 December 1943 , Lieutenant Commander John H . Church , Jr . in command . Service history . World War II . Following shakedown training near Bermuda in late December 1943 - early January 1944 , the new destroyer escort joined the Atlantic Fleet to serve as school ship for training prospective crews of destroyer escorts still under construction . On 15 February , " Bostwick " joined , , , and in an antisubmarine patrol that took the warships involved all the way across the Atlantic to Casablanca , Morocco . Built around and designated Task Group 21 . 16 ( TG 21 . 16 ) , the ships operated as a hunter - killer group in the U - boat - infested waters of the North Atlantic . Late on 29 February , " Bronstein " made radar contact with an unknown vessel . " Bostwick " and Thomas joined her in " boxing " the target , which was revealed by flares to be a surfaced German submarine , . " Bronstein " opened fire with her guns , but the submarine managed to submerge . The three destroyer escorts tracked the U - boat , raining down a barrage of depth charges on her estimated positions . At 0324 , " Thomas " dropped a pattern of charges that produced a huge underwater explosion , the last sounds heard from " U - 709 " . TG 21 . 16 pulled into Casablanca on 8 March for rest and refueling , but got underway again only three days later to resume the patrol . " Bostwick " returned to the United States on 31 March to prepare for a transatlantic voyage as convoy escort . The convoy made the cruise without incident , arriving at Bizerte , Tunisia , on 4 May . " Bostwick " set out with a return convoy on 11 May and arrived safely in New York on the 30th . The destroyer escort spent the next few weeks at Casco Bay , Maine in refresher training . On 25 June , she joined on another hunter - killer patrol in the Atlantic and in the West Indies . The group ' s first mission was to investigate a U - boat reported to be just south of Newfoundland . " Thomas " rammed on 5 July , sinking the submarine , and TG 22 . 10 returned to Boston , Massachusetts to land prisoners and make repairs . The hunter - killer group departed Boston again on the 10th , bound for the West Indies to search for a U - boat that had torpedoed several ships in the area . On 16 July , after a plane made a contact sixty miles from the group , " Bostwick " joined " Bronstein " in a night - long search for the supposed submarine . The effort proved futile , however , and the two destroyer escorts rejoined TG 22 . 10 at San Juan on 18 July . " Bostwick " returned to New York on 25 August for a 10 day availability . In September , the warship sailed to Casco Bay for refresher training and then rejoined " Card " in TG 22 . 2 for three days of air and subsurface training near Bermuda . The warships returned to the hunt on the 25th . While north of the Azores en route to Casablanca , " Bostwick " mounted an attack against a submarine , but observed no signs of a definite kill . TG 22 . 2 spent 25 – 26 October in port Casablanca , then returned to New York , arriving there on 5 November . Following a much needed availability in the New York Navy Yard , " Bostwick " returned to sea with " Card " for patrol duty in waters off Bermuda . TG 22 . 2 spent more than a month training in anticipation of an aggressive German submarine offensive . The group returned to New York on New Year ' s Eve . Early in January 1945 , " Bostwick " steamed to Narragansett Bay to screen while she conducted pilot qualifications . The destroyer escort returned to New York on 22 January and received orders to join in TG 22 . 4 for more hunter - killer activities . " Bostwick " met the task group at sea 600 miles south of Iceland on 16 February . The group , which consisted of 12 destroyer escorts and one escort carrier , formed a scouting line 90 miles long . Searching in vain for an enemy weather - reporting submarine , TG 22 . 4 soon found itself in winds of hurricane force . The mountainous seas died down as the wind lessened on the 22nd , but the escorts faced rising seas again before they reached port for refueling . " Bostwick " put into Hvalfjordür , Iceland , late on 25 February . TG 22 . 4 got underway again just three days later to track several German submarines reportedly heading west toward the Flemish Cap . While the weather had improved , but the seas remained heavy and continued to batter TG 22 . 4 . " Bostwick " and her colleagues gratefully turned their duties overto TG 22 . 13 on 14 March . The destroyer escort arrived in New York on 17 March for a five days of voyage repairs , after which she returned to planeguard duty for " Card " . On 14 April , " Bostwick " s escort division received orders to search for a submarine just outside the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay . The division split into northern and southern groups to scout the sea lanes . On 29 April , the northern group made contact with a submarine when sighted the snorkel of a U - boat . " Bostwick " , " Thomas " , and joined Natchez in dropping depth charges until heavy debris , a large oil slick , and a huge underwater explosion indicated the destruction of . Post - War . " Bostwick " celebrated V - E Day in New York and then steamed to New London , England and later to Quonset Point , Rhode Island for training and to planeguard for pilot qualifications . In mid - July , the destroyer escort returned to New York to participate in the three - day demonstration cruise for civilian observers in the Navy ' s Industrial Incentive Program . " Bostwick " returned to planeguard duty for and , but a scheduled availability in the New York Navy Yard from 24 September – 15 October ended this duty . Late in October , " Bostwick " was on hand in New York for Navy Day activities . Not long thereafter , the warship received orders for inactivation , and on 15 November headed for Green Cove Springs , Florida . " Bostwick " was decommissioned on 30 April 1946 and berthed in the St . Johns River with the Green Cove Springs Group , Atlantic Reserve Fleet . She was sold to nationalist China on 14 December 1948 and renamed " Tai Hu " ( DE - 25 ) . Her name was struck from the Navy list on 10 February 1949 . When China was taken over by the Communists , she escaped to Taiwan with Nationalist forces in 1949 , was struck in 1975 . Awards . " Bostwick " earned two battle star s for her World War II service , and the following awards :