KINZER APD 91

Ship Name and Designation History

This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.

Crosley Class High-speed Transport Keel Laid September 9 1943 Launched December 9 1943 as DE-232 Reclassified High-speed Transport (APD) July 17 1944 USS KINZER APD-91 Commissioned November 1 1944 - Decommissioned December 18 1946 Laid up in Pacific Reserve Fleet, San Francisco Group Struck from Naval Register April 21 1965 ROCS YU SHAN PF-44 (Taiwanese Naval Service) Transferred to Taiwan April 21 1965 and renamed ROCS YU SHAN PF-32 (Taiwanese Naval Service) Redesignated (Date unknown) ROCS YU SHAN PF-826 (Taiwanese Naval Service) Redesignated (Date unknown) ROCS YU SHAN PF-832 (Taiwanese Naval Service) Redesignated (Date unknown)

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1     (1946)

 

Postmarks

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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Date From to Date To	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

 

Locy Type 2(n)

1946-01-21 to 1946-01-21

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Other Information

KINZER received one battle star for service in World War II

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
China Service Medal (extended) - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Medal (with Asia Clasp

NAMESAKE - Edward Elaine Kinzer (August 22 1917 - May 8 1942)
Kinzer enlisted in the Naval Reserve February 26 1941. He was appointed Aviation Cadet April 3 and commissioned Ensign October 20. On November 12 1941 he was assigned to Scouting Squadron 5 on board USS YORKTOWN CV-5. He was awarded the Navy Cross posthumously for extraordinary heroism and extreme disregard of his own personal safety during the Battle of Coral Sea. This aggressive and skillful pilot contributed materially to the sinking or damaging of eight enemy vessels in Tulagi Harbor May 4 and the sinking of Japanese Aircraft Carrier SHOHO. On May 8 while on antitorpedo plane control, he died while fiercely engaging "the continued attack of enemy bombing and torpedo planes and their fighter support"

 

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