USS Kleinsmith
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For the cancelled destroyer escort, see USS Kleinsmith (DE-376).
USS Kleinsmith (APD-134), ex-DE-718, was a Crosley-class high speed transport for the United States Navy. She was named for Chief Watertender Charles Kleinsmith (1904–1942), who was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross for his heroism during the Battle of Midway.
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Kleinsmith underway off Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, ca. 1948-49. | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Kleinsmith (DE-718) |
Namesake | Charles Kleinsmith |
Ordered | 1942, as Buckley-class destroyer escort |
Builder | Defoe Shipbuilding Company, Bay City, Michigan |
Reclassified | APD-134, 17 July 1944 |
Laid down | 8 August 1944 |
Launched | 27 January 1945 |
Commissioned | 12 June 1945 |
Decommissioned | 16 May 1960 |
Stricken | 16 May 1960 |
Fate | Transferred to the Republic of China, 16 May 1960 |
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Taiwan | |
Name | ROCS Tien Shan (APD-215) |
Acquired | 16 May 1960 |
Reclassified | PF-615 |
Decommissioned | 1997 or 1998 |
Fate | Scrapped |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Crosley-class high speed transport |
Displacement | 1,450 long tons (1,473 t) |
Length | 306 ft (93 m) |
Beam | 36 ft 10 in (11.23 m) |
Draft | 13 ft 6 in (4.11 m) |
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Speed | 23 knots (43 km/h; 26 mph) |
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Boats & landing craft carried | 4 × LCVPs |
Troops | 162 troops |
Complement | 204 (12 officers, 192 enlisted) |
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