USS Twining
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25.1356201°N 121.7586740°E / 25.1356201; 121.7586740
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USS Twining underway in the 1950s | |
History | |
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United States | |
Name | Twining |
Namesake | Nathan C. Twining |
Builder | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation |
Laid down | 20 November 1942 |
Launched | 11 July 1943 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. S.B.D. Wood |
Commissioned | 1 December 1943 |
Decommissioned | 14 June 1946 |
Recommissioned | 21 November 1950 |
Decommissioned | 1 July 1971 |
Stricken | 1 July 1971 |
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Motto | Versatile Vigilance |
Honours and awards | See Awards |
Fate | Sold to Taiwan, 16 August 1971 |
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Taiwan | |
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Namesake | Kwei Yang |
Acquired | 16 August 1971 |
Commissioned | 16 August 1971 |
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Identification | Hull number: DD-8 |
Stricken | 16 July 1999 |
Fate | Sunk as target |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Fletcher-class destroyer |
Displacement | 2,050 tons |
Length | 376 ft 6 in (114.7 m) |
Beam | 39 ft 8 in (12.1 m) |
Draft | 17 ft 9 in (5.4 m) |
Propulsion | 60,000 shp (45 MW); 2 propellers |
Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
Range | 6500 nmi. (12,000 km) @ 15 kt |
Complement | 329 |
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USS Twining (DD-540), a Fletcher-class destroyer, was a ship of the United States Navy named for Rear Admiral Nathan C. Twining (1869–1924).