USS Kinzer
Service
- as USS Kinzer (DE-232)1 November 1944 — 18 December 1946305 days of the war
- as ROCS Yu Shan (; DE-32)2,193 days of the war
- Name
- USS Kinzer
- Namesake
- Edward B. Kinzer
- Builder
- Charleston Navy Yard
- Laid down
- 9 September 1943
- Launched
- 9 December 1943
- Commissioned
- 1 November 1944
- Decommissioned
- 18 December 1946
- Struck
- 1 March 1965
- Fate
- Sold to the Republic of China, 21 April 1965 (1965)
- Status
- Unknown
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 2,130 long tons (2,164 t)
- Length
- 93.27 m (306 ft)
- Beam
- 11.28 m (37 ft)
- Draught
- 3.66 m (12 ft)
- Speed
- 23 knots (42.6 km/h, 26.5 mph)
- Complement
- 204
- Main gun
- 127 mm (5 in)
USS Kinzer was a destroyer escort of the Crosley-class high speed transport built for the United States Navy. The ship was named after Edward B. Kinzer. Her keel was laid at Charleston Navy Yard on 9 September 1943. Launched on 9 December 1943, she entered service on 1 November 1944.
Nine ships of the class were built. The class followed the Charles Lawrence-class high speed transport.
Displacement was 2,130 long tons. She measured 93.3 m (306 ft) long with a beam of 11.3 m (37 ft). Her designed speed was 23 knots, and she carried a complement of 204.
Her main battery was one 127 mm (5 in) guns.
She served with the United States Navy as USS Kinzer (DE-232) until 18 December 1946. She was in commission for 2,498 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 18 December 1946. She was struck from the register on 1 March 1965.
She was transferred on 21 April 1965.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Armament
- 1 × 5 in gun
- 6 × 40 mm guns
- 6 × 20 mm guns
- 2 × depth charge tracks
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from USS Kinzer on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: U.S. Navy — U.S. National Archives photo BS 74402 from usndazzle.com — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons