USS Kline ( APD - 120 ) USS " Kline " ( APD - 120 ) , ex - DE - 687 , was a United States Navy high - speed transport in commission from 1944 to 1947 . Construction and commissioning . " Kline " was laid down as the " Rudderow " - class destroyer escort USS " Kline " ( DE - 687 ) on 27 May 1944 by the Bethlehem Steel Company at Quincy , Massachusetts , and was launched on 27 June 1944 , sponsored by Mrs . Hazel Kline , the widow of the ships namesake , Stanley F . Kline . " Kline " was reclassified as a " Crosley " - class high - speed transport and redesignated APD - 119 on 17 July 1944 . After conversion for her new role , she was commissioned on 18 October 1944 with Lieutenant B . F . Urban , USNR , in command . Service history . World War II . While en route to shakedown at Bermuda on 6 November 1944 , " Kline " rescued nine survivors from the U . S . Navy K - class blimp " K - 34 " , which had been forced down in a storm . Completing her shakedown , " Kline " cleared Norfolk , Virginia , on 24 December 1944 for World War II service in the Pacific . Upon arriving at Pearl Harbor , Territory of Hawaii , on 20 January 1945 , " Kline " trained underwater demolition team s until departing on 14 February 1945 for Leyte in the Philippine Islands . Intensive pre - invasion exercises were completed in the Philippines before " Kline " arrived off Okinawa on 26 March 1945 . " Kline " s underwater demolition team cleared the approaches to the island . After the main invasion force landed on Okinawa on 1 April 1945 , " Kline " remained in the area in support of the Okinawa campaign as radar and antisubmarine warfare picket . Her guns also assisted in shooting down a Japanese aircraft on 1 April 1945 and helped down another on 6 April 1945 . " Kline " departed the Okinawa area on 16 April 1945 and for the next six weeks underwent training and repairs . Departing for Borneo on 2 June 1945 , " Kline " provided close fire support during the invasion of Brunei Bay on Borneo on 10 June 1945 , and on 24 June 1945 her underwater demolition team gave valuable service during the invasion of Balikpapan . " Kline " departed Netherlands East Indies waters on 7 July 1945 and , sailing via the Caroline Islands and Marshall Islands , arrived at Oceanside , California , on 5 August 1945 . Postwar . Following the surrender of Japan and end of World War II on 15 August 1945 , " Kline " departed California for Japan , arriving at Sasebo , Japan , on 20 September 1945 to commence underwater reconnaissance missions . After similar operations at Nagasaki , Japan , she returned to the United States at San Diego , California , on 19 October 1945 to prepare for Operation Magic Carpet — the seaborne postwar repatriation of American serviceman from overseas — service . " Kline " made one Magic Carpet cruise to Pearl Harbor and returned 110 Pacific veterans to San Diego on 19 November 1945 . On 21 November 1945 " Kline " departed San Diego for the United States East Coast , arriving at Norfolk on 5 December 1945 . On 28 January 1946 , " Kline " arrived at Green Cove Springs , Florida , for inactivation . Decommissioning and disposal . " Kline " was decommissioned on 10 March 1947 at Green Cove Springs and joined the Atlantic Reserve Fleet there . After nearly 19 years of inactivity , she was stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 15 January 1966 . Honors and awards . " Kline " received two battle star s for World War II service . Republic of China Navy service . On either 22 January 1966 or 22 February 1966 , " Kline " was sold to the Republic of China under the Military Assistance Program . In the Republic of China Navy she served as ROCS " Shou Shan " ( PF - 37 ) , later redesiganted PF - 893 and later again redesignated PF - 837 . " Shou Shan " was sunk as a target in an air - strike exercise on 18 October 2000 .