USS Kinzer ( APD - 91 ) USS " Kinzer " ( APD - 91 ) , ex - DE - 232 , was a United States Navy high - speed transport in commission from 1944 to 1946 . Construction and commissioning . " Kinzer " was laid down as the USS " Kinzer " ( DE - 232 ) on 9 September 1943 by the Charleston Navy Yard and launched as such on 9 December 1943 , sponsored by Mrs . Charles E . Kinzer , mother of the ships namesake , Ensign Edward E . Kinzer . The ship was reclassified as a and redesignated APD - 91 on 17 July 1944 . After conversion to her new role , the ship was commissioned on 11 November 1944 with Lieutenant Richard C . Young , USNR , in command . Service history . World War II . " Kinzer " departed Norfolk , Virginia , on 1 January 1945 , transitted the Panama Canal and docked at San Diego , California , on 16 January 1945 . On 18 January 1945 she departed for San Francisco , California , then moved on to Pearl Harbor , Territory of Hawaii , where she arrived on 29 January 1945 . At Pearl Harbor , " Kinzer " embarked U . S . Marines of the Reconnaissance Battalion , Fleet Marine Force , and departed on 12 February 1945 for World War II service in the Pacific war zone . She arrived at Okinawa Gunto for her pre invasion mission on 26 March 1945 escorting tank landing ships ( LSTs ) to their landings on Kerama Retto . When night came , " Kinzer " landed marines on the various small islands surrounding Okinawa to gather data on terrain and Japan ese activity ; later large American guns set up on these islands aided the initial assault of Okinawa itself . " Kinzer " , in company with fast transpport USS " Scribner " ( APD - 122 ) , continued this pattern while dodging Japanese " kamikaze " suicide planes during patrols and antisubmarine - screen duty in the Okinawa campaign until she departed on 15 July 1945 with a convoy headed for Guam . There she picked up the escort aircraft carrier USS " Sargent Bay " ( CVE - 83 ) , escorted " Sargent Bay " to Pearl Harbor . and continued on to the United States West Coast , arriving at San Pedro , California , on 9 August 1945 . World War II ended six days later . Postwar . Completing overhaul , " Kinzer " departed San Pedro on 6 September 1945 , disembarked passengers at Pearl Harbor , Guam , and Ulithi Atoll , and arrived at Manila on Luzon in the Philippine Islands on 13 October 1945 . On 23 October 1945 she departed for Haiphong , French Indochina , where she embarked Chinese troops for transfer to northern China . From 7 November 1945 to 22 April 1946 , " Kinzer " redeployed Chinese troops in northern China and called at the ports of Chinwangtao , Tsingtao , and Taku in China , Hulutao in Manchuria , and Jinsen , Korea . During this time , she served as flagship for Commander , Landing Ship Tank Flotilla 15 . " Kinzer " cleared Tsingtao on 25 April 1946 for the United States , calling at Guam and Pearl Harbor en route and arriving at San Pedro on 17 May 1946 . Decommissioning and disposal . " Kinzer " was decommissioned on 18 December 1946 and entered the Pacific Reserve Fleet at San Diego . Later she was moved to San Francisco . " Kinzer " was stricken from the Navy List on 1 March 1965 , and on 21 April 1965 was sold to the Republic of China under the Military Assistance Program . She was commissioned by the Republic of China Navy as a frigate , serving as ROCS " Yu Shan " ( PF - 32 ) and receiving a second single 5 " turreted gun aft . Her landing craft davits were also replaced with a Sea Chaparral surface - to - air missile launcher in 1983 . " Yu Shan " is known have remained active as a fisheries patrol vessel as recently as 1998 . Honors and awards . " Kinzer " received one battle star for her service in World War II and the China Service Medal .