USS William R. Rush (DD-714)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS William R. Rush and ROKS Gangwon.
USS William R. Rush (DD/DDR-714) was a Gearing-class destroyer in the United States Navy. She was named for William R. Rush.
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USS William R. Rush on 4 May 1965 | |
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Name | William R. Rush |
Namesake | William R. Rush |
Builder | Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company |
Laid down | 19 October 1944 |
Launched | 8 July 1945 |
Commissioned | 21 September 1945 |
Decommissioned | 21 December 1951 |
Recommissioned | 3 September 1952 |
Decommissioned | 1 July 1978 |
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Stricken | 1 July 1978 |
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Fate | Transferred to South Korea, 1978 |
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South Korea | |
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Namesake | Gangwon |
Acquired | 1978 |
Commissioned | 1978 |
Decommissioned | 2000 |
Identification | Hull number: DD-922 |
Fate | Scrapped, December 2016 |
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Displacement | 2,425 tons |
Length | 390 ft 6 in (119.02 m) |
Beam | 41 ft 1 in (12.52 m) |
Draft | 18 ft 6 in (5.64 m) |
Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
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William R. Rush was laid down on 15 October 1944 at Newark, New Jersey, by the Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company; launched on 8 July 1945; sponsored by Mrs. Dorothy Flagg Biddle, a cousin of Captain Rush; and commissioned on 21 September 1945. Completed too late to serve in World War II, she later saw action in during the Korean War. Transferred to the navy of the Republic of Korea (ROK) in 1978, she was finally decommissioned in 2000, then served as a museum ship until being broken up in 2016.