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USS Hanson underway on 17 August 1966
History
United States
Name
Hanson
Namesake
Robert M. Hanson
Builder
Bath Iron Works
Laid down
7 October 1944
Launched
11 March 1945
Sponsored by
Mrs. Harry A. Hanson
Commissioned
11 May 1945
Decommissioned
31 March 1973
Reclassified
DDR-832, 8 March 1949
DD-832, 1 April 1964
Stricken
31 March 1973
Homeport
San Diego
Identification
Callsign: NBBA
Hull number: DD-832
Motto
All Seas
Honors and awards
See Awards
Fate
Transferred to Republic of China, 18 April 1973
Badge
Taiwan
Name
Liao Yang
(遼陽)
Namesake
Liao Yang
Acquired
18 April 1973
Decommissioned
1 June 2004
Reclassified
DDG-921
Identification
Hull number: DD-921
Fate
Sunk as target, 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
after 1964: 278 Enlisted 18 Officers
Armament
6 × 5"/38 caliber guns
12 × 40 mm AA guns
11 × 20 mm AA guns
10 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
6 × depth charge projectors
2 × depth charge tracks
USS Hanson (DD/DDR-832) was a Gearing-class destroyer of the United States Navy named after First Lieutenant Robert M. Hanson of the United States Marine Corps squadron VMF-215.
USSHanson (DD/DDR-832) was a Gearing-class destroyer of the United States Navy named after First Lieutenant Robert M. Hanson of the United States Marine...
participating were USSHanson, USS Buchanan, USS Newport News, USS Providence and USS Oklahoma City. During the raid, USSHanson entered Haiphong Harbor...
LTJG Hanson was appointed as commanding officer of USS Dale, a Bainbridge-class destroyer, which patrolled Manila Bay in the summer of 1917. Hanson was...
high-horsepower engines) USS Myles C. Fox (DD-829) Vietnam War USS Everett F. Larson (DD-830) Vietnam War USS Goodrich (DD-831) USSHanson (DD-832) Korean War...
as a gunnery officer aboard the destroyer USS Stribling and then the operations officer aboard the USSHanson, taking part in shore bombardments in the...
Norwood Russell Hanson (August 17, 1924 – April 18, 1967) was an American philosopher of science. Hanson was a pioneer in advancing the argument that observation...
TF-77 carried out a coordinated strike using the guns of USS Saint Paul and USSHanson. USS Silverstein, to the north of Ho-do Pan-do, received 30 rounds...
These were USS Elliot, USS Badger, USS Sterett, USNS Hassayampa, USS Callaghan, USS Brooke, USS Meyerkord, USS Towers, USS Stark and USS Wichita. In...
completed in 1908 and renamed Georgia in 1917 USS Georgia (BB-15), a battleship commissioned in 1906 USS Georgia (SSGN-729), a submarine commissioned in...
USS Constitution, also known as Old Ironsides, is a three-masted wooden-hulled heavy frigate of the United States Navy. She is the world's oldest commissioned...
released. USS Tarawa (CVS-40) USS Bearss (DD-654) USS Warrington (DD-843) USS Courtney (DE-1021) USS Hammerberg (DE-1015) USS Neosho (AO-143) USS Salamonie (AO-26)...
the eastern coast of North Korea following that country's seizure of the USS Pueblo (AGER-2) in international waters on 23 January 1968. This surge deployment...
namesake of USS Frybarger Guy Gabaldon Patrick “Bob” Gallagher Roy Geiger (two awards) Herman H. Hanneken (two awards and an MOH) Robert M. Hanson (also an...
Korean forces from five carriers during the battle: USS Valley Forge with Carrier Air Group 5, USS Philippine Sea with Carrier Air Group 11, HMS Triumph...
USS Sperry (AS-12) from May 1942 until September 1942 and the USS Silversides (SS-236) from September 1942 to April 1943. He also served on the USS Sunfish...
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