USS George W. Ingram (DE-62/APD-43) was a Buckley-class destroyer escort in service with the United States Navy from 1943 to 1947. In 1967, she was transferred to Taiwan, serving as Kang Shan until being scrapped in 1979.

2020年2月23日 · Commissioned USS George Washington Ingram (DE-62), 11 August 1943, LCDR. Ernest R. Perry USN, in command. Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Columbia River Group, Bremerton WA. Length 306' ovl. Range 6,000 nautical miles …

Crosley-class high speed transports were high speed transport ships that served in the United States Navy during World War II. Some stayed in commission long enough to serve in the Korean War and the Vietnam War .

High-speed transports were converted destroyers and destroyer escorts used in US Navy amphibious operations in World War II and afterward. They received the US Hull classification symbol APD; "AP" for transport and "D" for destroyer. In 1969, the remaining ships were reclassified as "Fast Amphibious Transports", hull symbol LPR.

A complete list of US Navy High-Speed Transports (APD) in commission during WWII. Ships are listed by class; giving dimensions, hull number (APD-###), name, year commissioned, and notes regarding conversions, losses, etc.

View the USS George W. Ingram (DE 62 / APD 43) DANFS history entry located on the Naval History and Heritage Command web site. View the official War History of USS George W. Ingram as submitted by the ship at war's end.

APDs were intended to deliver small units such as UDT teams and Army Ranger units onto hostile shores. They could carry up to a company size unit. They were also capable of standing off shore and providing gunfire support as needed. The earliest High-speed Transports were World War I vintage flush-deck destroyers.

After escorting a captured Italian submarine from Portsmouth, New Hampshire to New London, Connecticut, George W. Ingram was re-designated APD-43 on 23 February. During the next few months, she underwent conversion to a Charles Lawrence -class high speed transport at Tompkinsville, New York .

Description, history, and photograph(s) of High-Speed Transport USS George W. Ingram (APD-43) in WWII

Ingram was assigned to duty with Patrol Wing 2 on September 26 1941, and was stationed at the Naval Air Station, Kaneohe Bay, Oahu when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor December 7 1941. In utter disregard of personal danger, he fought to …