USS Ruchamkin (APD-89)

USS Ruchamkin (APD-89) was a high-speed transport of the United States Navy, originally laid down as a destroyer escort (DE-228) before being converted and commissioned in 1945. The ship participated in the final stages of World War II, serving in the Pacific Ocean and supporting occupation duties in Japan after the Japanese surrender. Following the war, Ruchamkin was involved in amphibious training exercises and various peacetime operations along the U.S. East Coast and in the Caribbean. She was decommissioned in 1957, later placed in reserve, and ultimately struck from the Naval Vessel Register in 1969.