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{{Short description|High-speed transport}}
{{other ships|USS Register}}
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|Ship country=United States
|Ship flag= {{USN flag|1944}}
|Ship name=USS ''Register'' (DE-233)
|Ship namesake=Paul J. Register
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|Ship laid down=27 October 1943 as {{sclass|Rudderow|destroyer escort|1}}
|Ship launched=20 January 1944
|Ship sponsor=Mrs. Paul J. Register
|Ship reclassified=APD-92, 17 July 1944
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|Ship commissioned=11 January 1945
|Ship decommissioned=31 March 1946
|Ship struck=1 September 1966
|Ship honors=1 [[battle star]] for [[World War II]] service
|Ship fate=Transferred to the [[Republic of China]] 1966
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'''USS ''Register'' (APD-92)''', ex-'''DE-233''', was a [[United States Navy]] [[high speed transport|high-speed transport]] in commission from 1945 to 1946.

==Namesake==
[[File:Paul J. Register.jpg|thumb|left|Paul J. Register as a [[Midshipman#United States Naval and Merchant Marine Academies|midshipman]] at the [[United States Naval Academy]], ca. 1920]]
Paul James Register was born on 5 November 1899 in [[Bismarck, North Dakota]]. He graduated from [[Bismarck High School]] in 1917 and from the [[United States Naval Academy]] in 1920 and was simultaneously [[Commissioned officer|commissioned]] as an [[Ensign (rank)|ensign]]. He was assigned to the [[battleship]] {{USS|Florida|BB-30|6}} until 14 June 1921, when he was reassigned for [[Engineer#Other meanings|engineering]] instruction aboard the [[destroyer]]s {{USS|Truxton|DD-229|6}}, {{USS|Shaw|DD-68|6}} and {{USS|George E. Badger|DD-196|6}}. In August 1922 he was reassigned to the Commander of Destroyer [[Squadron (naval)|Squadrons]] aboard the [[armored cruiser]] {{USS|Rochester|CA-2|6}} as assistant to the squadron engineer officer until April 1923.

In 1923, Register reported to [[Submarine Base New London]] at [[New London, Connecticut|New London]], [[Connecticut]], for instruction at the Submarine School. Promoted to the rank of [[lieutenant, junior grade]], on 5 June 1923, he received orders to the [[Transport (ship)|transport]] {{USS|Argonne|AS-10|6}} at [[Cavite Naval Station]] in the [[Philippine Islands]] for temporary duty. In December 1923 he was assigned the [[submarine]] {{USS|S-6|SS-111|6}}) and served aboard her until 30 June 1927.

He was promoted to [[lieutenant]] on 2 June 1927 just before transferring to the U.S. Naval Academy at [[Annapolis, Maryland|Annapolis]], [[Maryland]], for post-graduate studies and in May 1928 attended the [[Naval War College]] at [[Newport, Rhode Island|Newport]], [[Rhode Island]]. He was assigned as [[gun|gunnery officer]] aboard the battleship {{USS|Maryland|BB-46|6}} in June 1929 until he was ordered to report to the U.S. Naval Academy as an instructor in 1932. From 1932 to 1934 he served as a gunnery instructor at the Naval Academy and continued his post graduate-work in law.

In May 1935, he received orders to report to [[Rear Admiral]] [[Clark H. Woodward]], Commander Destroyers, Battle Force Pacific, for duty as [[Aide-de-camp]] and [[flag lieutenant]] on his staff and continued to serve aboard [[destroyer tender]] {{USS|Melville|AD-2|6}} after Rear Admiral Woodward was relieved. In May 1938 he was assigned to the [[Navy Recruiting Bureau]] in [[New York City]] as a [[United States Naval Reserve]] instructor. During this assignment he continued to study law at [[Fordham University]] during evenings. He was promoted to [[Lieutenant commander (United States)|lieutenant commander]] on 1 July 1939 and was assigned various postings as a Naval Reserve instructor in the [[State of New York]].

On 20 March 1941, Register received notification for change of duty for assignment to the battleship {{USS|Arizona|BB-39|6}} as [[communication officer]]. He reported for duty aboard ''Arizona'' in May 1941. He was [[killed in action]] when ''Arizona'' was sunk during the [[Empire of Japan|Japanese]] [[Attack on Pearl Harbor|attack]] on [[Pearl Harbor]] on 7 December 1941. He was awarded the [[Purple Heart]] posthumously in accordance with [[General Order]] No. 186 on 21 January 1943. The U.S. Navy [[destroyer escort]] USS ''Register'' (DE-308) was named for Lieutenant Commander Register, but was renamed {{USS|Creamer|DE-308|6}} while under construction in 1943.

==Construction and commissioning==
[[Image:Launch of USS Register (DE-233) at the Charleston Naval Shipyard on 20 January 1944.jpg|200px|thumb|left|[[Destroyer escort]] USS ''Register'' (DE-233) is launched at [[Charleston Navy Yard]], on 20 January 1944, prior to her conversion into [[high-speed transport]] USS ''Register'' (APD-92).]] ''Register'' was laid down as the {{sclass|Rudderow|destroyer escort}} USS ''Register'' (DE-233) on 27 October 1943 by the [[Charleston Navy Yard]], and [[Ship naming and launching|launched]] as such on 20 January 1944, sponsored by Mrs. Ethel L. Register, [[widow]] of the ship{{'}}s namesake. The ship was reclassified as a {{sclass|Crosley|high speed transport}} and redesignated APD-92 on 17 July 1944. After conversion to her new role, the ship was [[Ship commissioning|commissioned]] on 11 January 1945.

== Service history ==

===World War II===
Following [[shakedown cruise|shakedown]] in the [[British West Indies]], ''Register'' departed the [[United States East Coast]] on 11 March 1945 and headed via the [[Panama Canal]] for [[San Diego]], [[California]], where she arrived on 26 March 1945. She continued on to [[Pearl Harbor]], [[Territory of Hawaii]], which she reached on 3 April 1945. Training with [[underwater demolition team]]s followed and on 27 April 1945 she got underway, with 100 passengers embarked, for [[Ulithi Atoll]]. Arriving there on 13 May 1945, she departed as an escort of an [[Okinawa Island|Okinawa]]-bound [[convoy]] on 15 May 1945 for service in the [[Okinawa campaign]].

''Register'' anchored off the [[Hagushi]] beaches at Okinawa on 19 May 1945. On 20 May 1945 she got underway for screening station Baker-13. At 19:25 hours a flight of ten [[Japan]]ese [[Mitsubishi A6M|Mistbishi A6M Zero]] [[Fighter aircraft|fighters]] was sighted approaching from the west, directly out of the sun. ''Register'' increased her speed and made radical course changes. The Japanese formation split up, but four of the planes headed for ''Register''. Two came in from [[starboard]], one from ahead, one from [[List of nautical terms|astern]]. ''Register'' shot down two, one of the starboard attackers and the one closing in astern; the plane attacking from ahead, however, began a low, gliding run in an attempt to crash ''Register''{{'}}s [[Bridge (nautical)|bridge]]. Passing down ''Register''{{'}}s [[Port (nautical)|port]] side, the ''[[kamikaze]]'' suicide plane was deflected overboard by the [[kingpost]], which buckled and crashed over No. 3 40-millimeter gun, wounding 12 of ''Register''{{'}}s crew, including her [[commanding officer]], and causing considerable damage to her [[Hull (watercraft)|hull]]. The fourth plane though damaged, escaped.

Relieved the following morning, 21 May 1945, ''Register'' retired to Hagushi, thence proceeded via [[Saipan]] in the [[Mariana Islands]] to [[Leyte]] in the [[Philippine Islands]], where repairs begun at Okinawa were completed. By 29 June 1945 she was ready for action again.

Assigned to escort duty, ''Register'' escorted 20 [[Tank landing ship|tank landing ships (LSTs)]] to Okinawa, then accompanied a nine-ship convoy to Ulithi Atoll before returning to Leyte on 16 July 1945. At the end of July 1945 she escorted two [[escort aircraft carrier]]s to Ulithi Atoll and, while en route back to Leyte, joined in the search for survivors of the sinking of the [[heavy cruiser]] [[USS Indianapolis (CA-35)|USS ''Indianapolis'' (CA-35)]]. On 3 August 1945 she picked up 12 of the heavy cruiser{{'}}s crew. Transferring them to the [[hospital]] at [[Peleliu]] on 4 August 1945, she returned to the scene of the rescue, but found only [[life raft]]s and floater nets.

===Postwar===
At Leyte when hostilities ended on 15 August 1945, ''Register'' screened the [[battleship]]s and [[cruiser]]s of [[Task Group]] 95.7 to Okinawa from 20 August 1945 to 26 August 1945, then returned to the Philippines for the month of September 1945. In October 1945 she escorted [[Transport (ship)|transports]] carrying occupation troops to [[Japan]], then served as harbor entrance patrol ship at [[Wakayama, Japan]]. Shifted to Nagoya toward the end of October 1945, she embarked [[United States Army]] and U.S. Navy personnel as passengers and headed east. Reaching Pearl Harbor on 15 November 1945, she continued on to the [[United States West Coast]], thence steamed through the Panama Canal to [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]], to begin inactivation.

==Decommissioning and disposal==
Arriving at Philadelphia on 11 December 1945, ''Register'' departed in January 1946 and on 18 January 1946 arrived at [[Green Cove Springs, Florida|Green Cove Springs]], [[Florida]]. There she was [[Ship decommissioning|decommissioned]] on 31 March 1946 and entered the [[Atlantic Reserve Fleet]].

Later transferred to the [[Orange, Texas|Orange]], [[Texas]], berthing area, ''Register'' remained in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet until stricken from the [[Navy List]] on 1 September 1966. She was subsequently transferred to the [[Republic of China]] and served the [[Republic of China Navy]] as [[ROCS Tai Shan (PF-38)|ROCS ''Tai Shan'' (PF-38)]] until scrapped in 1996.

==Honors and awards==
''Register'' received one [[battle star]] for her service in World War II.

==References==
* {{DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/r4/register-ii.htm}}
* [http://www.navsource.org/archives/10/04/04092.htm NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive USS Register (APD-92)]

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