USS Gosselin ( APD - 126 ) USS " Gosselin " ( DE - 710 / APD - 126 ) was a of the United States Navy , named after Ensign Edward W . Gosselin ( 1917 – 1941 ) , who was killed in action on the battleship during the attack on Pearl Harbor . " Gosselin " was laid down at the Defoe Shipbuilding Company , Bay City , Michigan and partially completed as a with the hull number DE - 710 . " Gosselin " was launched on 17 February 1944 , sponsored by Mrs . E . N . Gosselin , mother of Ensign Gosselin . On 17 July 1944 , the Navy decided that " Gosselin " would be completed as a " Crosley " - class high speed transport , with the designation APD - 126 . Since she was so near to completion , Defoe completed her as a destroyer escort , and then when she reached New Orleans prior to commissioning , she was converted in a shipyard to the APD configuration . She was commissioned on 31 December 1944 , with Lieutenant Commander Joseph B . Fyffe in command . Service history . World War II , 1945 . After shakedown in Bermuda and Chesapeake Bay waters , " Gosselin " left Norfolk on 16 February 1945 bound for the Pacific via the Panama Canal . Stopping at Pearl Harbor , Eniwetok , and Ulithi , she arrived on 6 April in the Okinawa area , where she was employed as a screen vessel until 10 April . " Gosselin " then began convoy duty which took her to Guam and Saipan , returning to Okinawa on 27 April . From 27 April until the end of May , " Gosselin " was assigned at an Okinawa radar picket station protecting the invasion area , shooting down one Japan ese plane , taking several others under fire , and rescuing a number of survivors and casualties from ships hit by suicide planes . From 1 June , " Gosselin " went to the Philippines for upkeep and maintenance work , mostly in the Leyte Gulf area , returning to Okinawa on 17 July to form part of the reduced screen still being maintained . " Gosselin " departed Okinawa on 17 August 1945 in company with sister ship to rendezvous with the 3rd Fleet , then cruising south of Honshū . Joining the fleet , she was assigned to carry part of a Naval Assault Battalion for the occupation of Yokosuka Naval Base . Later , this assignment was changed to duty carrying press representatives and Navy photographers during the initial entrance into Sagami Wan and Tokyo Bay . " Gosselin " one of the first group of ships , including the battleships ( with Admiral William F . Halsey on board ) , ( with Rear Admiral Oscar C . Badger ) , and ( with Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser , RN ) to enter Sagami Wan on 27 August . The next day , she accompanied the light cruiser into Tokyo Bay to begin the official occupation . On 2 September , " Gosselin " carried the press and photographers to and from the " Missouri " for the surrender ceremonies . Post - war operations , 1945 – 1949 . " Gosselin " was transferred on 29 August to the task group commanded by Commodore R . W . Simpson , USN , assigned to liberate and evacuate prisoners of war . That same day , her boats were sent first to reach Omori Prison Camp , from which the first prisoners were evacuated , and brought out the first boatloads of prisoners . On 27 September 1945 , " Gosselin " was berthed in front of the Port Director ' s office , Yokosuka , and used as a barracks ship for shore - based and transient personnel . She remained there until 15 December when she got underway for San Francisco via Eniwetok and Pearl Harbor . " Gosselin " discharged her passengers at San Francisco on 28 December . " Gosselin " remained in the United States until 22 August 1946 when she left San Diego with Navy and Marine replacements bound for Yokosuka via Pearl Harbor and Eniwetok . Discharging her passengers at Yokosuka on 13 December , " Gosselin " returned to San Diego on 16 November 1946 . She operated out of there until 16 July 1948 , when she departed again for the Orient . Arriving at Tsingtao , China , on 14 August 1948 , " Gosselin " made this her base of operations . She visited such ports as Shanghai and Nanking , and occasionally operated in the Yangtze River during American efforts to stabilize the situation in China . " Gosselin " departed Shanghai on 18 February 1949 and reached San Diego on 11 March . Decommissioning and sale . " Gosselin " was decommissioned at San Diego on 11 July 1949 , and was placed out of commission in reserve . She was berthed with the San Diego Group , Pacific Reserve Fleet , until struck from the Navy List on 1 April 1964 and sold for scrapping . Awards . " Gosselin " received one battle star for World War II service .