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Shipbuilding Company</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bay_City,_Michigan" title="Bay City, Michigan">Bay City, Michigan</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Reclassified</td><td>APD-134, 17 July 1944</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Laid down</td><td>8 August 1944</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Launched</td><td>27 January 1945</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Commissioned</td><td>12 June 1945</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Decommissioned</td><td>16 May 1960</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Stricken</td><td>16 May 1960</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Fate</td><td>Transferred to the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_China" class="mw-redirect" title="Republic of China">Republic of China</a>, 16 May 1960</td></tr> <tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">History</th></tr> <tr><th height="30" colspan="2" style="background-color:#B0C4DE;text-align:left;padding-left:2px;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;"><span class="flagicon"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/42px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="42" height="28" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/63px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/84px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span><span style="padding-left:1em">Taiwan</span></th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Name</td><td>ROCS <i>Tien Shan</i> (APD-215)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Acquired</td><td>16 May 1960</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Reclassified</td><td>PF-615</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Decommissioned</td><td>1997 or 1998</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Fate</td><td>Scrapped</td></tr> <tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">General characteristics</th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Class and type</td><td><a href="/wiki/Crosley-class_high_speed_transport" title="Crosley-class high speed transport"><i>Crosley</i>-class</a> <a href="/wiki/High_speed_transport" class="mw-redirect" title="High speed transport">high speed transport</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Displacement</td><td>1,450 long tons (1,473 t)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Length</td><td>306 ft (93 m)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Beam</td><td>36 ft 10 in (11.23 m)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Draft</td><td>13 ft 6 in (4.11 m)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Propulsion</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">2 × <a href="/wiki/Combustion_Engineering" title="Combustion Engineering">Combustion Engineering</a> DR <a href="/wiki/Boilers" class="mw-redirect" title="Boilers">boilers</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">Turbo-electric drive with 2 × <a href="/wiki/General_Electric" title="General Electric">General Electric</a> steam <a href="/wiki/Turbines" class="mw-redirect" title="Turbines">turbines</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">2 × solid manganese-bronze 3600 lb. 3-bladed <a href="/wiki/Propeller" title="Propeller">propellers</a>, 8 ft 6 in (2.59 m), 7 ft 7 in (2.31 m) pitch</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">12,000 hp (8.9 MW)</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">2 <a href="/wiki/Rudder" title="Rudder">rudders</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">359 tons fuel oil</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Speed</td><td>23 <a href="/wiki/Knot_(unit)" title="Knot (unit)">knots</a> (43 km/h; 26 mph)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Range</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">3,700 nmi (6,900 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph)</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">6,000 nmi (11,000 km) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph)</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Boats & landing <br /> craft carried</td><td>4 × <a href="/wiki/LCVP_(United_States)" title="LCVP (United States)">LCVPs</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Troops</td><td>162 troops</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Complement</td><td>204 (12 officers, 192 enlisted)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Armament</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">1 × <a href="/wiki/5%22/38_caliber_gun" class="mw-redirect" title="5"/38 caliber gun">5"/38 caliber gun</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">3 × twin <a href="/wiki/Bofors_40_mm_Automatic_Gun_L/60" class="mw-redirect" title="Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/60">40 mm guns</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">6 × single <a href="/wiki/Oerlikon_20_mm_cannon" title="Oerlikon 20 mm cannon">20 mm guns</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">2 × <a href="/wiki/Depth_charge" title="Depth charge">depth charge</a> tracks</li> </ul></td></tr> </tbody></table> <p><b>USS <i>Kleinsmith</i> (APD-134)</b>, ex-<b>DE-718</b>, was a <a href="/wiki/Crosley-class_high_speed_transport" title="Crosley-class high speed transport"><i>Crosley</i>-class</a> <a href="/wiki/High_speed_transport" class="mw-redirect" title="High speed transport">high speed transport</a> for the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a>. She was named for Chief Watertender Charles Kleinsmith (1904–1942), who was posthumously awarded the <a href="/wiki/Navy_Cross_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Navy Cross (United States)">Navy Cross</a> for his heroism during the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Midway" title="Battle of Midway">Battle of Midway</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Namesake">Namesake</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Kleinsmith&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Namesake"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Charles Kleinsmith was born on 28 September 1904 in <a href="/wiki/Zionsville,_Pennsylvania" title="Zionsville, Pennsylvania">Zionsville</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a>. He enlisted in the United States Navy on 26 October 1922 as an <a href="/wiki/Apprentice_seaman" class="mw-redirect" title="Apprentice seaman">apprentice seaman</a>. Until honorably discharged on 5 October 1926 as <a href="/wiki/Seaman_(rank)" title="Seaman (rank)">fireman</a> second class, he served on board several ships, including the <a href="/wiki/Battleship" title="Battleship">battleships</a> <a href="/wiki/USS_Wyoming_(BB-32)" title="USS Wyoming (BB-32)">USS <i>Wyoming</i></a> and <a href="/wiki/USS_Maryland_(BB-46)" title="USS Maryland (BB-46)">USS <i>Maryland</i></a>. </p><p>Kleinsmith reenlisted in the Navy on 20 December 1928, and during the next 11 years he had duty on board the <a href="/wiki/Light_cruiser" title="Light cruiser">light cruisers</a> <a href="/wiki/USS_Milwaukee_(CL-5)" title="USS Milwaukee (CL-5)">USS <i>Milwaukee</i></a> and <a href="/wiki/USS_Cincinnati_(CL-6)" title="USS Cincinnati (CL-6)">USS <i>Cincinnati</i></a>, the <a href="/wiki/Heavy_cruiser" title="Heavy cruiser">heavy cruiser</a> <a href="/wiki/USS_Portland_(CA-33)" title="USS Portland (CA-33)">USS <i>Portland</i></a> and the light cruiser <a href="/wiki/USS_Honolulu_(CL-48)" title="USS Honolulu (CL-48)">USS <i>Honolulu</i></a>. He reported aboard the <a href="/wiki/Aircraft_carrier" title="Aircraft carrier">aircraft carrier</a> <a href="/wiki/USS_Saratoga_(CV-3)" title="USS Saratoga (CV-3)">USS <i>Saratoga</i></a> on 27 December 1939 and transferred to the aircraft carrier <a href="/wiki/USS_Yorktown_(CV-5)" title="USS Yorktown (CV-5)">USS <i>Yorktown</i></a> on 31 October 1940. He achieved the rank of <a href="/wiki/Chief_petty_officer" title="Chief petty officer">chief</a> <a href="/wiki/Watertender" class="mw-redirect" title="Watertender">watertender</a>. </p><p>During the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Midway" title="Battle of Midway">Battle of Midway</a> on 4 June 1942, Chief Watertender Kleinsmith maintained auxiliary power on <i>Yorktown</i> after an intense <a href="/wiki/Imperial_Japanese_Navy" title="Imperial Japanese Navy">Imperial Japanese Navy</a> bombing attack extinguished the fires in all of her <a href="/wiki/Boiler" title="Boiler">boilers</a> but one. At the end of the attack, Kleinsmith was missing and presumed dead. He was posthumously awarded the <a href="/wiki/Navy_Cross" title="Navy Cross">Navy Cross</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Construction_and_commissioning">Construction and commissioning</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Kleinsmith&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Construction and commissioning"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Originally a <a href="/wiki/Rudderow-class_destroyer_escort" title="Rudderow-class destroyer escort"><i>Rudderow</i>-class</a> <a href="/wiki/Destroyer_escort" title="Destroyer escort">destroyer escort</a> designated <b>DE-718</b>, <i>Kleinsmith</i> was re-designated as <b>APD-134</b> on 17 July 1944, even before being laid down on 30 August 1944 at the <a href="/wiki/Defoe_Shipbuilding_Company" title="Defoe Shipbuilding Company">Defoe Shipbuilding Company</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bay_City,_Michigan" title="Bay City, Michigan">Bay City, Michigan</a>. She was <a href="/wiki/Ship_naming_and_launching" class="mw-redirect" title="Ship naming and launching">launched</a> on 27 January 1945, sponsored by Mrs. Mary Agnes Kleinsmith. Builders trials before her pre-commissioning cruise were done in <a href="/wiki/Lake_Huron" title="Lake Huron">Lake Huron</a>. </p><p>After completion, <i>Kleinsmith</i> sailed from the builder's yard at Bay City to <a href="/wiki/Chicago,_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="Chicago, Illinois">Chicago, Illinois</a>. From there, they went through the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Sanitary_and_Ship_Canal" title="Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal">Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal</a> and down the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_River" title="Chicago River">Chicago River</a> to <a href="/wiki/Joliet,_Illinois" title="Joliet, Illinois">Joliet, Illinois</a>, where pontoons were attached to the ship so it could be pushed down the <a href="/wiki/Des_Plaines_River" title="Des Plaines River">Des Plaines River</a>, <a href="/wiki/Illinois_River" title="Illinois River">Illinois River</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Mississippi_River" title="Mississippi River">Mississippi River</a> as part of a barge train. After arriving at the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Todd_Johnson_Shipyard&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Todd Johnson Shipyard (page does not exist)">Todd Johnson Shipyard</a> in <a href="/wiki/Algiers,_Louisiana" class="mw-redirect" title="Algiers, Louisiana">Algiers, Louisiana</a>, on the west bank of the Mississippi at <a href="/wiki/New_Orleans" title="New Orleans">New Orleans</a>, the rest of the crew reported aboard, and <i>Kleinsmith</i> was commissioned at New Orleans on 12 June 1945. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Service_history">Service history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Kleinsmith&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Service history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1945–1951"><span id="1945.E2.80.931951"></span>1945–1951</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Kleinsmith&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 1945–1951"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As an APD, her primary role was to land raiding parties on enemy beaches and <a href="/wiki/Underwater_Demolition_Team" title="Underwater Demolition Team">Underwater Demolition Teams</a> (UDT) personnel on beach obstacle clearance operations. APDs also retained the sound gear and some <a href="/wiki/Anti-submarine" class="mw-redirect" title="Anti-submarine">anti-submarine</a> weapons of <a href="/wiki/Destroyer_escorts" class="mw-redirect" title="Destroyer escorts">destroyer escorts</a>, and served as escorts to amphibious groups. Because they could take on extra personnel, they were often designated as rescue ships if a transport went down. </p><p>After shakedown out of <a href="/wiki/Guantanamo_Bay_Naval_Base" title="Guantanamo Bay Naval Base">Guantanamo Bay</a>, <i>Kleinsmith</i> arrived at <a href="/wiki/Naval_Station_Norfolk" title="Naval Station Norfolk">Norfolk, Virginia</a>, on 21 July. Departing on 4 August for the Pacific, the high-speed transport steamed via the <a href="/wiki/Panama_Canal" title="Panama Canal">Panama Canal</a>, <a href="/wiki/San_Diego" title="San Diego">San Diego</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Pearl_Harbor" title="Pearl Harbor">Pearl Harbor</a>, and reached <a href="/wiki/Buckner_Bay" class="mw-redirect" title="Buckner Bay">Buckner Bay</a>, <a href="/wiki/Okinawa_Island" title="Okinawa Island">Okinawa</a>, on 1 October. She operated between Okinawa and the Japanese home islands until 21 February 1946. She then sailed from <a href="/wiki/United_States_Fleet_Activities_Sasebo" title="United States Fleet Activities Sasebo">Sasebo</a> via the <a href="/wiki/Marshall_Islands" title="Marshall Islands">Marshall Islands</a> and Pearl Harbor, arriving at <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco" title="San Francisco">San Francisco</a> on 24 March with 118 returning veterans embarked. Departing on 10 April, she proceeded via the <a href="/wiki/Panama_Canal" title="Panama Canal">Panama Canal</a> to the East Coast, arriving at Norfolk on 1 May 1946. </p><p>Based at Norfolk and <a href="/wiki/Naval_Amphibious_Base_Little_Creek" class="mw-redirect" title="Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek">NAB Little Creek</a>, during the next six years, <i>Kleinsmith</i> operated along the <a href="/wiki/Atlantic" class="mw-redirect" title="Atlantic">Atlantic</a> coast from <a href="/wiki/Labrador" title="Labrador">Labrador</a> to <a href="/wiki/Venezuela" title="Venezuela">Venezuela</a> while conducting <a href="/wiki/Amphibious_warfare" title="Amphibious warfare">amphibious</a> and <a href="/wiki/Anti-submarine" class="mw-redirect" title="Anti-submarine">anti-submarine</a> operations. She served primarily as an amphibious command ship; many of her cruises carried her into the <a href="/wiki/Caribbean" title="Caribbean">Caribbean</a>, where she operated out of <a href="/wiki/Puerto_Rico" title="Puerto Rico">Puerto Rico</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Virgin_Islands" title="Virgin Islands">Virgin Islands</a>, and Guantanamo Bay. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1951–1960"><span id="1951.E2.80.931960"></span>1951–1960</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Kleinsmith&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 1951–1960"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During January 1951, the <i>Kleinsmith</i> embarked an <a href="/wiki/Underwater_Demolition_Team" title="Underwater Demolition Team">Underwater Demolition Team</a> (UDT) at Little Creek to participate in the filming of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Frogmen" title="The Frogmen">The Frogmen</a></i>, a <a href="/wiki/Hollywood_(film_industry)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hollywood (film industry)">Hollywood</a> film chronicling the adventures of the Navy's UDT divers in the Pacific during World War II. Departing Norfolk on 3 January 1951, the warship stopped at <a href="/wiki/Key_West" title="Key West">Key West</a>, <a href="/wiki/Florida" title="Florida">Florida</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Charlotte_Amalie,_United_States_Virgin_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Charlotte Amalie, United States Virgin Islands">Charlotte Amalie</a>, <a href="/wiki/St._Thomas,_United_States_Virgin_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Thomas, United States Virgin Islands">St. Thomas</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Virgin_Islands" title="United States Virgin Islands">United States Virgin Islands</a>, before commencing ten days of filming between 15 January and 6 February. According to the command historian, "<a href="/wiki/Dana_Andrews" title="Dana Andrews">Dana Andrews</a> and <a href="/wiki/Richard_Widmark" title="Richard Widmark">Richard Widmark</a> helped make the old 'klinker-dinker' a movie star." </p><p>Returning from the Caribbean on 13 February 1951, <i>Kleinsmith</i> departed Little Creek on 5 March on the first of four deployments to the <a href="/wiki/Mediterranean_Sea" title="Mediterranean Sea">Mediterranean Sea</a>. Arriving at <a href="/wiki/Gibraltar" title="Gibraltar">Gibraltar</a> on 15 March with UDT personnel embarked, she deployed with the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Sixth_Fleet" title="United States Sixth Fleet">6th Fleet</a> and participated in amphibious operations that ranged from <a href="/wiki/Oran" title="Oran">Oran</a>, <a href="/wiki/Algeria" title="Algeria">Algeria</a>, to <a href="/wiki/Phaleron_Bay" class="mw-redirect" title="Phaleron Bay">Phaleron Bay</a>, <a href="/wiki/Greece" title="Greece">Greece</a>. After serving as an amphibious control ship, she departed Gibraltar on 26 June for the United States, arriving at Little Creek on 6 July. On 19 July 1952, she departed for another four-month deployment with the 6th Fleet, and supported its important peace-keeping activities off the troubled lands of the Mediterranean. </p><p>Returning to Little Creek on 29 January 1955, <i>Kleinsmith</i> resumed operations along the eastern seaboard to the Caribbean. On 9 January 1957, she again departed for duty with the 6th Fleet, and for almost three months operated in the Eastern Mediterranean. In response to an urgent request from <a href="/wiki/Hussein_of_Jordan" title="Hussein of Jordan">King Hussein</a> of <a href="/wiki/Jordan" title="Jordan">Jordan</a>, whose government was threatened with leftist-oriented, <a href="/wiki/Egypt" title="Egypt">Egyptian</a>-supported subversion, <i>Kleinsmith</i> departed <a href="/wiki/La_Spezia" title="La Spezia">La Spezia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">Italy</a>, on 25 April for the <a href="/wiki/Levant" title="Levant">Levantine Coast</a>. Arriving off <a href="/wiki/Beirut" title="Beirut">Beirut</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lebanon" title="Lebanon">Lebanon</a>, on 30 April, she joined ships of the 6th Fleet in a formidable display of seapower, designed to show U.S. determination that the integrity and independence of nations in the <a href="/wiki/Middle_East" title="Middle East">Middle East</a> would be guaranteed against <a href="/wiki/Communist" class="mw-redirect" title="Communist">Communist</a> subversion or aggression. Remaining on station until 3 May, she then departed <a href="/wiki/Rhodes" title="Rhodes">Rhodes</a>, Greece, on 18 May, and returned to Little Creek on 1 June. </p><p>Less than three months later, <i>Kleinsmith</i> sailed once again for the Mediterranean, arriving at <a href="/wiki/Palermo" title="Palermo">Palermo</a>, Sicily, on 15 September. During the previous August, a pro-Soviet takeover of the Syrian Army had threatened the stability of the Middle East. The high-speed transport proceeded to the Eastern Mediterranean on 19 September, and operated there to prevent aggression and to preserve peace. She departed <a href="/wiki/Barcelona" title="Barcelona">Barcelona</a>, Spain, on 4 November, and arrived back at Little Creek on 17 November. </p><p>In 1958, <i>Kleinsmith</i> continued her activities along the Atlantic coast. While operating out of Guantanamo Bay on 24 October, she rescued 56 U.S. citizens and 3 foreign nationals at <a href="/wiki/Nicaro" class="mw-redirect" title="Nicaro">Nicaro</a>, Cuba, where they were endangered by military operations between the Cuban Army and the <a href="/wiki/Fidel_Castro" title="Fidel Castro">Fidel Castro</a>'s rebels. From 27 May to 3 August 1959, she cruised to the <a href="/wiki/Great_Lakes" title="Great Lakes">Great Lakes</a> via the newly opened <a href="/wiki/St._Lawrence_Seaway" title="St. Lawrence Seaway">St. Lawrence Seaway</a>. On 1 April 1960, <i>Kleinsmith</i> departed Little Creek for the Pacific. Steaming via the Panama Canal, San Diego, Pearl Harbor, and <a href="/wiki/Guam" title="Guam">Guam</a>, she arrived <a href="/wiki/Zuoying_District" title="Zuoying District">Tsoying</a>, <a href="/wiki/Taiwan" title="Taiwan">Taiwan</a>, on 15 May. <i>Kleinsmith</i> was decommissioned on 16 May 1960, and was transferred the same day to the Nationalist Government of the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_China" class="mw-redirect" title="Republic of China">Republic of China</a>. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:ROCS_Tien_Shan_(APD-815).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/ROCS_Tien_Shan_%28APD-815%29.jpg/220px-ROCS_Tien_Shan_%28APD-815%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="115" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/ROCS_Tien_Shan_%28APD-815%29.jpg/330px-ROCS_Tien_Shan_%28APD-815%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/ROCS_Tien_Shan_%28APD-815%29.jpg/440px-ROCS_Tien_Shan_%28APD-815%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="960" data-file-height="502" /></a><figcaption><i>Tien Shan</i> moored, date unknown</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="ROCS_Tien_Shan">ROCS <i>Tien Shan</i></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Kleinsmith&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: ROCS Tien Shan"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The ship served in the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_China_Navy" title="Republic of China Navy">Republic of China Navy</a> as <b>ROCS <i>Tien Shan</i> (APD-315)</b>, (later renumbered 215, 615, and 815). In the early 1970s, <i>Tien Shan</i> was fitted with a second 5-inch/38 mount aft, a <a href="/wiki/MIM-72_Chaparral" title="MIM-72 Chaparral">Sea Chaparral</a> <a href="/wiki/Surface-to-air_missile" title="Surface-to-air missile">surface-to-air missile</a> launcher, and <a href="/wiki/Anti-submarine_warfare" title="Anti-submarine warfare">ASW</a> <a href="/wiki/Torpedo_tube" title="Torpedo tube">torpedo tubes</a>. At this time, she was re-rated as a <a href="/wiki/Patrol_frigate" class="mw-redirect" title="Patrol frigate">patrol frigate</a>. In the 1980s, <i>Tien Shan</i>, and other surviving ships of her class which were also transferred to Taiwan, were assigned to the Customs Service Coastal Patrol command, where they patrolled the <a href="/wiki/Economic_exclusion_zone" class="mw-redirect" title="Economic exclusion zone">economic exclusion zone</a>. In this role, their armament was reduced to just one twin 40 mm mount in front of the bridge. She was still active in this role in 1995. Her decommissioning year is variously reported as 1997 or 1998. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Kleinsmith&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Public Domain" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/62/PD-icon.svg/12px-PD-icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/62/PD-icon.svg/18px-PD-icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/62/PD-icon.svg/24px-PD-icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="196" data-file-height="196" /></span></span> <i>This article incorporates text from the <a href="/wiki/Public_domain" title="Public domain">public domain</a> </i><a href="/wiki/Dictionary_of_American_Naval_Fighting_Ships" title="Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships">Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships</a><i>. 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Young</i> (DE-715)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Balduck" title="USS Balduck"><i>Balduck</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Burdo" title="USS Burdo"><i>Burdo</i></a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink"><i>Kleinsmith</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Weiss_(APD-135)" title="USS Weiss (APD-135)"><i>Weiss</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Carpellotti_(APD-136)" title="USS Carpellotti (APD-136)"><i>Carpellotti</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Don_O._Woods" title="USS Don O. Woods"><i>Don O. Woods</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Beverly_W._Reid" title="USS Beverly W. Reid"><i>Beverly W. 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Rush</i></a></li> <li>DE-289 (Unnamed)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Williams_(DE-290)" title="USS Williams (DE-290)"><i>Williams</i></a></li> <li>DE-291 — DE-300 (Unnamed)</li> <li>DE-607 — DE-632 (Unnamed)</li> <li>DE-645 — DE-664 (Unnamed)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Walter_X._Young_(DE-723)" title="USS Walter X. Young (DE-723)"><i>Walter X. Young</i> (DE-723)</a></li> <li>DE-724 — DE-738 (Unnamed)</li> <li>DE-905 — DE-1005 (Unnamed)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;"><div id="Post-World_War_II_operators" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Post-World War II operators</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_China_Navy" title="Republic of China Navy">Republic of China Navy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/USS_Riley_(DE-579)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Riley (DE-579)"><i>Tai Yuan</i></a> (ex-<i>Riley</i>)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink"><i>Tien Shan</i></a> (ex-<i>Kleinsmith</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Kinzer_(APD-91)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Kinzer (APD-91)"><i>Yu Shan</i></a> (ex-<i>Kinzer</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Donald_W._Wolf" title="USS Donald W. Wolf"><i>Hua Shan</i></a> (ex-<i>Donald W. Wolf</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Truxtun_(APD-98)" title="USS Truxtun (APD-98)"><i>Fu Shan</i></a> (ex-<i>Truxtun</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Kline_(APD-120)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Kline (APD-120)"><i>Shou Shan</i></a> (ex-<i>Kline</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Register_(APD-92)" title="USS Register (APD-92)"><i>Tai Shan</i></a> (ex-<i>Register</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Raymon_W._Herndon_(APD-121)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Raymon W. Herndon (APD-121)"><i>Heng Shan</i></a> (ex-<i>Raymon W. Herndon</i>)</li> <li>Unnamed (ex-<i>Walter B. Cobb</i> sank during transfer)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Flag_of_the_Colombian_Navy.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Colombian_Navy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Flag_of_the_Colombian_Navy.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Colombian_Navy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Flag_of_the_Colombian_Navy.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Colombian_Navy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="844" data-file-height="562" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Colombian_National_Navy" class="mw-redirect" title="Colombian National Navy">Colombian National Navy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/USS_Tollberg_(APD-103)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Tollberg (APD-103)"><i>Almirante Padilla</i></a> (ex-<i>Tollberg</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Ruchamkin" title="USS Ruchamkin"><i>Córdoba</i></a> (ex-<i>Ruchamkin</i>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_Korea_Navy.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_Korea_Navy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_Korea_Navy.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_Korea_Navy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_Korea_Navy.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_Korea_Navy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="341" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Korea_Navy" title="Republic of Korea Navy">Republic of Korea Navy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/USS_Holt_(DE-706)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Holt (DE-706)"><i>Chung Nam</i></a> (ex-<i>Holt</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Cavallaro_(APD-128)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Cavallaro (APD-128)"><i>Gyeongnam</i></a> (ex-<i>Cavallaro</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Harry_L._Corl_(APD-108)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Harry L. Corl (APD-108)"><i>Asan</i></a> (ex-<i>Harry L. Corl</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Julius_A._Raven_(APD-110)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Julius A. Raven (APD-110)"><i>Ungpo</i></a> (ex-<i>Julius A. Raven</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_William_M._Hobby_(APD-95)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS William M. Hobby (APD-95)"><i>Jeju</i></a> (ex-<i>William M. Hobby</i>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Naval_Jack_of_Mexico.svg/20px-Naval_Jack_of_Mexico.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Naval_Jack_of_Mexico.svg/30px-Naval_Jack_of_Mexico.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Naval_Jack_of_Mexico.svg/40px-Naval_Jack_of_Mexico.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="1000" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Mexican_Navy" title="Mexican Navy">Mexican Navy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/USS_Belet" title="USS Belet"><i>California</i></a> (ex-<i>Belet</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Earheart" title="USS Earheart"><i>Papaloapan</i></a> (ex-<i>Earheart</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Joseph_M._Auman" title="USS Joseph M. Auman"><i>Tehuantupec</i></a> (ex-<i>Joseph M. Auman</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Don_O._Woods_(APD-118)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Don O. Woods (APD-118)"><i>Usumacinta</i></a> / <a href="/wiki/USS_Don_O._Woods_(APD-118)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Don O. Woods (APD-118)"><i>Miguel Hidalgo</i></a> (ex-<i>Don O. Woods</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Rednour_(APD-102)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Rednour (APD-102)"><i>Chihuahua</i></a> / <a href="/wiki/USS_Rednour_(APD-102)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Rednour (APD-102)"><i>José María Morelos y Pavón</i></a> (ex-<i>Rednour</i>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Preceded by: <a href="/wiki/Edsall-class_destroyer_escort" title="Edsall-class destroyer escort"><i>Edsall</i> class</a></li> <li>Followed by: <a href="/wiki/John_C._Butler-class_destroyer_escort" title="John C. Butler-class destroyer escort"><i>John C. Butler</i> class</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_destroyer_escorts_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="List of destroyer escorts of the United States Navy">List of destroyer escorts of the United States Navy</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Crosley-class_high_speed_transports" style=";wide;padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Crosley_class_transport" title="Template:Crosley class transport"><abbr title="View this template" style="color:inherit">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Crosley_class_transport" title="Template talk:Crosley class transport"><abbr title="Discuss this template" style="color:inherit">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Crosley_class_transport" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Crosley class transport"><abbr title="Edit this template" style="color:inherit">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Crosley-class_high_speed_transports" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Crosley-class_high_speed_transport" title="Crosley-class high speed transport"><i>Crosley</i>-class high speed transports</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/USS_Crosley_(APD-87)" title="USS Crosley (APD-87)"><i>Crosley</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Cread" title="USS Cread"><i>Cread</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Ruchamkin" title="USS Ruchamkin"><i>Ruchamkin</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Kirwin" title="USS Kirwin"><i>Kirwin</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Kinzer" title="USS Kinzer"><i>Kinzer</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Register_(APD-92)" title="USS Register (APD-92)"><i>Register</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Brock" title="USS Brock"><i>Brock</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_John_Q._Roberts" title="USS John Q. Roberts"><i>John Q. Roberts</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_William_M._Hobby" title="USS William M. Hobby"><i>William M. Hobby</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Ray_K._Edwards" title="USS Ray K. Edwards"><i>Ray K. Edwards</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Arthur_L._Bristol" title="USS Arthur L. Bristol"><i>Arthur L. Bristol</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Truxtun_(APD-98)" title="USS Truxtun (APD-98)"><i>Truxtun</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Upham" title="USS Upham"><i>Upham</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Ringness" title="USS Ringness"><i>Ringness</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Knudson" title="USS Knudson"><i>Knudson</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Rednour" title="USS Rednour"><i>Rednour</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Tollberg" title="USS Tollberg"><i>Tollberg</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_William_J._Pattison" title="USS William J. Pattison"><i>William J. Pattison</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Myers" title="USS Myers"><i>Myers</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Walter_B._Cobb" title="USS Walter B. Cobb"><i>Walter B. Cobb</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Earle_B._Hall" title="USS Earle B. Hall"><i>Earle B. Hall</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Harry_L._Corl" title="USS Harry L. Corl"><i>Harry L. Corl</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Belet" title="USS Belet"><i>Belet</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Julius_A._Raven" title="USS Julius A. Raven"><i>Julius A. Raven</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Walsh" title="USS Walsh"><i>Walsh</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Hunter_Marshall" title="USS Hunter Marshall"><i>Hunter Marshall</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Earheart" title="USS Earheart"><i>Earheart</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Walter_S._Gorka" title="USS Walter S. Gorka"><i>Walter S. Gorka</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Rogers_Blood_(APD-115)" title="USS Rogers Blood (APD-115)"><i>Rogers Blood</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Francovich_(APD-116)" title="USS Francovich (APD-116)"><i>Francovich</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Joseph_M._Auman" title="USS Joseph M. Auman"><i>Joseph M. Auman</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Don_O._Woods" title="USS Don O. Woods"><i>Don O. Woods</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Beverly_W._Reid" title="USS Beverly W. Reid"><i>Beverly W. Reid</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Kline" title="USS Kline"><i>Kline</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Raymon_W._Herndon" title="USS Raymon W. Herndon"><i>Raymon W. Herndon</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Scribner" title="USS Scribner"><i>Scribner</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Diachenko" title="USS Diachenko"><i>Alex Diachenko</i></a> / <a href="/wiki/USS_Diachenko" title="USS Diachenko"><i>Diachenko</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Horace_A._Bass" title="USS Horace A. Bass"><i>Horace A. Bass</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Wantuck" title="USS Wantuck"><i>Wantuck</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Gosselin" title="USS Gosselin"><i>Gosselin</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Begor" title="USS Begor"><i>Begor</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Cavallaro" title="USS Cavallaro"><i>Cavallaro</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Donald_W._Wolf" title="USS Donald W. Wolf"><i>Donald W. Wolf</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Cook_(APD-130)" title="USS Cook (APD-130)"><i>Cook</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Walter_X._Young_(APD-131)" title="USS Walter X. Young (APD-131)"><i>Walter X. Young</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Balduck" title="USS Balduck"><i>Balduck</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Burdo" title="USS Burdo"><i>Burdo</i></a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink"><i>Kleinsmith</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Weiss_(APD-135)" title="USS Weiss (APD-135)"><i>Weiss</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Carpellotti_(APD-136)" title="USS Carpellotti (APD-136)"><i>Carpellotti</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_DeLong_(DE-684)" title="USS DeLong (DE-684)"><i>DeLong</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>X</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Coates" title="USS Coates"><i>Coates</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>X</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Bray" title="USS Bray"><i>Bray</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dt>X</dt> <dd>Planned conversion to high speed transport cancelled</dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;"><div id="Other_operators" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Other operators</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Naval_Jack_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Naval_Jack_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Naval_Jack_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Naval_Jack_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Naval_Jack_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/46px-Naval_Jack_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_China_Navy" title="Republic of China Navy">Republic of China Navy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink"><i>Tien Shan</i></a> (ex-<i>Kleinsmith</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Kinzer_(APD-91)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Kinzer (APD-91)"><i>Yu Shan</i></a> (ex-<i>Kinzer</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Donald_W._Wolf" title="USS Donald W. Wolf"><i>Hua Shan</i></a> (ex-<i>Donald W. Wolf</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Truxtun_(APD-98)" title="USS Truxtun (APD-98)"><i>Fu Shan</i></a> (ex-<i>Truxtun</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Kline_(APD-120)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Kline (APD-120)"><i>Shou Shan</i></a> (ex-<i>Kline</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Register_(APD-92)" title="USS Register (APD-92)"><i>Tai Shan</i></a> (ex-<i>Register</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Raymon_W._Herndon_(APD-121)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Raymon W. Herndon (APD-121)"><i>Heng Shan</i></a> (ex-<i>Raymon W. Herndon</i>)</li> <li>Unnamed (ex-<i>Walter B. Cobb</i> sank during transfer)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Flag_of_the_Colombian_Navy.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Colombian_Navy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Flag_of_the_Colombian_Navy.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Colombian_Navy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Flag_of_the_Colombian_Navy.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Colombian_Navy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="844" data-file-height="562" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Colombian_National_Navy" class="mw-redirect" title="Colombian National Navy">Colombian National Navy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/USS_Tollberg_(APD-103)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Tollberg (APD-103)"><i>Almirante Padilla</i></a> (ex-<i>Tollberg</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Ruchamkin" title="USS Ruchamkin"><i>Córdoba</i></a> (ex-<i>Ruchamkin</i>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_Korea_Navy.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_Korea_Navy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_Korea_Navy.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_Korea_Navy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_Korea_Navy.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_Korea_Navy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="341" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Korea_Navy" title="Republic of Korea Navy">Republic of Korea Navy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/USS_Cavallaro_(APD-128)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Cavallaro (APD-128)"><i>Gyeongnam</i></a> (ex-<i>Cavallaro</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Harry_L._Corl_(APD-108)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Harry L. Corl (APD-108)"><i>Asan</i></a> (ex-<i>Harry L. Corl</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Julius_A._Raven_(APD-110)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Julius A. Raven (APD-110)"><i>Ungpo</i></a> (ex-<i>Julius A. Raven</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_William_M._Hobby_(APD-95)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS William M. Hobby (APD-95)"><i>Jeju</i></a> (ex-<i>William M. 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Auman"><i>Tehuantupec</i></a> (ex-<i>Joseph M. Auman</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Don_O._Woods_(APD-118)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Don O. Woods (APD-118)"><i>Usumacinta</i></a> / <a href="/wiki/USS_Don_O._Woods_(APD-118)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Don O. Woods (APD-118)"><i>Miguel Hidalgo</i></a> (ex-<i>Don O. 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