USS Johnston (DD-821)
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Not to be confused with USS Johnston (DD-557).
USS Johnston (DD-821) was a Gearing-class destroyer of the United States Navy, the second Navy ship named for Lieutenant John V. Johnston, who served in the Navy during the American Civil War.
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USS Johnston on 4 January 1980 | |
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United States | |
Name | Johnston |
Namesake | John V. Johnston |
Builder | Consolidated Steel Corporation |
Laid down | 26 March 1945 |
Launched | 10 October 1945 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. Marie S. Klinger |
Commissioned | 23 August 1946 |
Decommissioned | 27 February 1981 |
Stricken | 27 February 1981 |
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Motto | We'll Put It to a Venture |
Fate | Transferred to Republic of China, 27 February 1981 |
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Taiwan | |
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Namesake | Chen Yang |
Acquired | 27 February 1981 |
Commissioned | 17 July 1981 |
Reclassified | DDG-928 |
Decommissioned | 16 December 2003 |
Identification | Hull number: DD-928 |
Fate | Sunk as target, 20 July 2006 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Gearing-class destroyer |
Displacement | 3,460 long tons (3,516 t) full |
Length | 390 ft 6 in (119.02 m) |
Beam | 40 ft 10 in (12.45 m) |
Draft | 14 ft 4 in (4.37 m) |
Propulsion | Geared turbines, 2 shafts, 60,000 shp (45 MW) |
Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
Range | 4,500 nmi (8,300 km) at 20 kn (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
Complement | 336 |
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