USS Register ( APD - 92 ) USS " Register " ( APD - 92 ) , ex - DE - 233 , was a United States Navy high - speed transport in commission from 1945 to 1946 . Construction and commissioning . " Register " was laid down as the USS " Register " ( DE - 233 ) on 27 October 1943 by the Charleston Navy Yard , and launched as such on 20 January 1944 , sponsored by Mrs . Paul J . Register , widow of the ships namesake , Lieutenant Commander Paul J . Register . The ship was reclassified as a and redesignated APD - 92 on 17 July 1944 . After conversion to her new role , the ship was commissioned on 11 January 1945 with Commander J . R . Cain , Jr . , in command . Service history . World War II . Following shakedown in the British West Indies , " Register " departed the United States East Coast on 11 March 1945 and headed via the Panama Canal for San Diego , California , where she arrived on 26 March 1945 . She continued on to Pearl Harbor , Territory of Hawaii , which she reached on 3 April 1945 . Training with underwater demolition team s followed and on 27 April 1945 she got underway , with 100 passengers embarked , for Ulithi Atoll . Arriving there on 13 May 1945 , she departed as an escort of an Okinawa - bound convoy on 15 May 1945 for service in the Okinawa campaign . " Register " anchored off the Hagushi beaches at Okinawa on 19 May 1945 . On 20 May 1945 she got underway for screening station Baker - 13 . At 19 : 25 hours a flight of ten Japan ese Mistbishi A6M Zero fighters was sighted approaching from the west , directly out of the sun . " Register " increased her speed and made radical course changes . The Japanese formation split up , but four of the planes headed for " Register " . Two came in from starboard , one from ahead , one from astern . " Register " shot down two , one of the starboard attackers and the one closing in astern ; the plane attacking from ahead , however , began a low , gliding run in an attempt to crash " Register " s bridge . Passing down " Register " s port side , the " kamikaze " suicide plane was deflected overboard by the kingpost , which buckled and crashed over No . 3 40 - millimeter gun , wounding 12 of " Register " s crew , including her commanding officer , and causing considerable damage to her hull . The fourth plane though damaged , escaped . Relieved the following morning , 21 May 1945 , Register retired to Hagushi , thence proceeded via Saipan in the Mariana Islands to Leyte in the Philippine Islands , where repairs begun at Okinawa were completed . By 29 June 1945 she was ready for action again . Assigned to escort duty , " Register " escorted 20 tank landing ships ( LSTs ) to Okinawa , then accompanied a nine - ship convoy to Ulithi Atoll before returning to Leyte on 16 July 1945 . At the end of July 1945 she escorted two escort aircraft carrier s to Ulithi Atoll and , while en route back to Leyte , joined in the search for survivors of the sinking of the heavy cruiser USS " Indianapolis " ( CA - 35 ) . On 3 August 1945 she picked up 12 of the heavy cruisers crew . Transferring them to the hospital at Peleliu on 4 August 1945 , she returned to the scene of the rescue , but found only life rafts and floater nets . Postwar . At Leyte when hostilities ended on 15 August 1945 , " Register " screened the battleship s and cruiser s of Task Group 95 . 7 to Okinawa from 20 August 1945 to 26 August 1945 , then returned to the Philippines for the month of September 1945 . In October 1945 she escorted transports carrying occupation troops to Japan , then served as harbor entrance patrol ship at Wakayama , Japan . Shifted to Nagoya toward the end of October 1945 , she embarked United States Army and U . S . Navy personnel as passengers and headed east . Reaching Pearl Harbor on 15 November 1945 , she continued on to the United States West Coast , thence steamed through the Panama Canal to Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , to begin inactivation . Decommissioning and disposal . Arriving at Philadelphia on 11 December 1945 , " Register " departed in January 1946 and on 18 January 1946 arrived at Green Cove Springs , Florida . There she was decommissioned on 31 March 1946 and entered the Atlantic Reserve Fleet . Later transferred to the Orange , Texas , berthing area , " Register " remained in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet until stricken from the Navy List on 1 September 1966 . She was subsequently transferred to the Republic of China and served the Republic of China Navy as ROCS " Tai Shan " ( PF - 38 ) until scrapped in 1991 . Honors and awards . " Register " received one battle star for her service in World War II .