USS Ringness ( DE - 590 ) USS " Ringness " ( DE - 590 / APD - 100 ) was a high speed transport of the United States Navy named after Henry Raymond Ringness . Construction and commissioning . " Ringness " was laid down as the USS " Ringness " ( DE - 590 ) , on 23 December 1943 by Bethlehem - Hingham Shipyard , Hingham , Massachusetts , and launched on 5 February 1944 , sponsored by Mrs . Henry R . Ringness . The ship was reclassified as a and redesignated APD - 100 on 17 July 1944 . The ship was commissioned on 25 October 1944 with Lieutenant Commander William C . Meyer in command . Service history . Following shakedown off Bermuda and amphibious warfare exercises in Chesapeake Bay , " Ringness " steamed in convoy for the Pacific on 21 December 1944 . She transited the Panama Canal , stopped at San Diego , California , and reached Pearl Harbor , Territory of Hawaii , on 15 January 1945 . After training in the Hawaiian area , she departed Pearl Harbor on 1 March 1945 for Funafuti in the Ellice Islands , Port Purvis on Florida Island , and Ulithi Atoll in the Caroline Islands , where she arrived on 22 March 1945 . After further training " Ringness " proceeded on 24 March 1945 to Saipan , getting underway for Okinawa on 27 March 1945 , escorting Task Group 51 . 2 composed of escorts , transports , and cargo ship s , take part in the Okinawa campaign . Okinawa campaign . The amphibious landing s on Okinawa took place on 1 April 1945 , and during the two days following , " Ringness " engaged in anti - suicide boat patrol along the southeast coast of Okinawa , where intelligence reports had located Japan ese suicide - boat nests . On the night of 2 April 1945 , " Ringness " attacked a Japanese midget submarine with undetermined results . On 3 April 1945 " Ringness " steamed to Ulithi Atoll for supplies , returning to Okinawa with Task Group 53 . 8 . Upon arrival she was assigned to anti - submarine and anti - aircraft patrol , undergoing numerous air attacks . This patrol lasted only four days before she steamed as a convoy escort to Saipan . On 23 April 1945 " Ringness " again steamed for Okinawa , escorting a convoy of tank landing ships ( LSTs ) and medium landing ships ( LSMs ) . On 27 April 1945 , a Japanese submarine fired two torpedo es at her . " Ringness " replied with gunfire and a depth charge attack , with undetermined results . On 30 April 1945 , " Ringness " arrived at Okinawa for the third time since the Okinawa campaign began , remaining there for the entire month of May 1945 . During this time she maintained her various anti - submarine and anti - aircraft screen stations . On 4 May " Ringness " witnessed the death dive of a " kamikaze " onto the flight deck of the escort aircraft carrier , turning " Sangamon " into a roaring inferno . " Ringness " stood by the crippled vessel and rescued some of the men forced over the side by flames and explosions . On 11 May 1945 , " Ringness " proceeded to Radar Picket Station 15 for rescue and salvage work on destroyer s and , which had born the brunt of one of the heaviest Japanese air attacks of this period . On the night of 16 May 1945 , just off Okinawa , " Ringness " dodged an oncoming " kamikaze " , getting credit for shooting it down . At the end of May , " Ringness " escorted a convoy to Ulithi Atoll , arriving there on 6 June 1945 . Convoy escort duty . " Ringness " then proceeded on to Leyte in the Philippine Islands . After further convoy escort duty between Leyte , Okinawa , and Ulithi Atoll , " Ringness " was diverted from her escort duty on 3 August 1945 and rescued 39 survivors of the sinking of the heavy cruiser . Post - World War II service . " Ringness " was in Leyte Gulf at the end of World War II on 15 August 1945 . She proceeded to Okinawa , then participated in the occupation landings at Jinsen , Korea . On 26 September , " Ringness " was detached and departed Jinsen for Okinawa . On 29 September 1945 , " Ringness " commenced her second occupation operation as sole escort for Task Unit 78 . 1 . 94 bound for Tientsin , China . On 9 October 1945 she shifted to Tsingtao , China , serving as 7th Amphibious Force Beachmaster Flagship . She remained at Tsingtao until departing for the United States on 29 January 1946 . She arrived at San Pedro , California , on 23 February 1946 , transited the Panama Canal , and put into Norfolk , Virginia , on 14 March 1946 . Lay - up , decommissioning , reclassification , and disposal . " Ringness " reported for lay - up at Green Cove Springs , Florida , on 4 April 1946 . She was subsequently towed from Green Cove Springs to Naval Station Mayport at Mayport , Florida , and Naval Station Charleston at Charleston , South Carolina , at various times in 1947 and 1948 . " Ringness " was decommissioned and placed in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet in January 1951 , berthed at Green Cove Springs . In 1959 she was towed to Norfolk , where she remained as part of the Atlantic Reserve Fleet Norfolk Group until berthed at Orange , Texas , in 1966 as part of the Atlantic Reserve Fleet Texas Group . Reclassified as an " amphibious transport , small , " and redesignated LPR - 1 on 1 July 1969 , " Ringness " was sold for scrapping on 1 July 1975 . Awards . " Ringness " earned one battle star for World War II service .