On 23 April 1946, while LST-172 was in the Yangtze River near Shanghai, China, a teenaged Seaman 2d Class, William Vincent Smith,"Berserk Sailor Kills Nine Men", The Spokesman-Review (Spokane, WA), April 23, 1946, p21 of Asheville, North Carolina, described as a silent, introspective individual, went berserk at 0300 hrs. and shot to death nine of the 30 shipmates in the berthing space before stabbing himself. Smith was only two months out of the United States at the time of his attack.
