USS George W . Ingram ( DE - 62 ) USS " George W . Ingram " ( DE - 62 / APD - 43 ) , a of the United States Navy , was named in honor of Seaman George Washington Ingram ( 1918 – 1941 ) , who was killed in action during the Japan ese attack on the Hawaiian Islands . " George W . Ingram " was laid down on 6 February 1943 at the Bethlehem - Hingham Shipyard , Inc . , in Hingham , Massachusetts ; launched on 8 May 1943 , sponsored by Mrs . James L . Ingram , mother of Seaman Second Class Ingram , and commissioned on 11 August 1943 , with Lieutenant Commander Ernest R . Perry in command . Service history . World War II , 1943 – 1945 . After shakedown off Bermuda , " George W . Ingram " departed New York on 13 October for convoy escort duty in the Atlantic . Steaming via the West Indies , she escorted a supply convoy to North Africa , where she arrived at Algiers , Algeria , on 7 November . She departed four days later , as convoy escort , and returned via the West Indies and the Panama Canal Zone to New York , arriving on 4 December . Between 26 December 1943 and 12 July 1944 , she made five round - trip trans - Atlantic escort voyages ( four from New York and one from Boston ) to Northern Ireland . After additional escort duty along the eastern seaboard , she departed Charleston , South Carolina , on 6 November to escort slow - moving convoy CK - 4 to Plymouth , England . She arrived on 5 December , then sailed a week later , escorting ships and landing craft damaged during the Normandy invasion , back to the United States . On 20 December , attacked the slow - moving convoy northeast of the Azores , sinking and damaging the destroyer escort ; but prompt action by the escorts drove off the U - boat , preventing further damage . " George W . Ingram " reached New York on 12 January 1945 . After escorting a captured Italian submarine from Portsmouth , New Hampshire to New London , Connecticut , " George W . Ingram " was re - designated APD - 43 on 23 February . During the next few months , she underwent conversion to a " Charles Lawrence " - class high speed transport at Tompkinsville , New York . Shortly after V - E Day , she departed New York and sailed via the Panama Canal and San Diego to Pearl Harbor , where she arrived on 20 June for training with Underwater Demolition Team s . With UDT - 26 embarked , she departed Pearl Harbor on 24 August and sailed via Eniwetok and Okinawa to Jinsen , Korea , where on 8 September , she supported the initial landings of American occupation troops in Korea . She steamed to Taku Bar , China , on 26 September , and from 29 September to 1 October , UDT - 26 surveyed and sounded the approaches of the Peking River in preparation for landings by the III Marine Amphibious Corps . She supported additional landings by American troops at Chefoo and Tsingtao , China , before departing Tsingtao on 17 October . She steamed via Okinawa , Eniwetok , and Pearl Harbor to the West Coast , arriving at San Diego on 11 November . Decommissioning and sale to the Republic of China . Remaining at San Diego , " George W . Ingram " decommissioned on 15 January 1947 , and entered the Pacific Reserve Fleet at Bremerton , Washington . " George W . Ingram " was struck from the Navy List on 1 January 1967 . Acquired by the Republic of China Navy on 19 September 1967 , ex - " George W . Ingram " was commissioned as frigate ROCS " Kang Shan " ( PF - 43 ) . With a different hull number , 323 , she was discarded in 1978 .