USS Rodman information

History
United States
Name	USS Rodman
Namesake	Hugh Rodman
Builder	Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company
Laid down	16 December 1940
Launched	26 September 1941
Commissioned	29 April 1942
Identification	DD-456
Reclassified	DMS-21, 16 December 1944
Decommissioned	28 July 1955
Fate	Transferred to Taiwan, 28 July 1955
Stricken	1 November 1972
Taiwan
Name	ROCS Hsien Yang
Acquired	28 July 1955
Identification	DD-16
Fate	ran aground, c. 1969; name and pennant number reassigned to former USS Macomb (DD-458); expended for film purposes in 1976
General characteristics
Class and type	Gleaves-class destroyer
Displacement	1,630 tons
Length	348 ft 4 in (106.17 m)
Beam	36 ft (11 m)
Draft	17 ft 5 in (5.31 m)
Propulsion	50,000 shp (37,000 kW);; Westinghouse geared turbines; 4 boilers;; 2 propellers;
Speed	37 knots (69 km/h)
Range	6,500 nmi (12,000 km; 7,500 mi) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph); (12,000 km at 22 km/h);
Complement	16 officers, 260 enlisted
Armament	(original); 4 × 5 in (127 mm) DP guns,; 1 × 1.1 in (28 mm) quad gun,; 6 × 0.5 in (12.7 mm) guns,; 6 × 20 mm AA guns,; 10 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes,; 2 × depth charge tracks;

USS Rodman (DD-456/DMS-21), a Gleaves-class destroyer, is the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for Admiral Hugh Rodman.

Rodman was laid down on 16 December 1940 by the Federal Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Kearny, New Jersey and launched on 26 September 1941; sponsored by Mrs. Albert K. Stebbins, Jr., grandniece of Admiral Rodman. The destroyer was commissioned on 27 January 1942.

^ Blackman, Raymond V. B., ed. Jane's Fighting Ships 1972–1973. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1973. p. 310.

[Janes-73-1] Blackman, Raymond V. B., ed. Jane's Fighting Ships 1972–1973. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1973. p. 310.

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History

United States
Name	USS Rodman
Namesake	Hugh Rodman
Builder	Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company
Laid down	16 December 1940
Launched	26 September 1941
Commissioned	29 April 1942
Identification	DD-456
Reclassified	DMS-21, 16 December 1944
Decommissioned	28 July 1955
Fate	Transferred to Taiwan, 28 July 1955
Stricken	1 November 1972
Taiwan
Name	ROCS Hsien Yang
Acquired	28 July 1955
Identification	DD-16
Fate	ran aground, c. 1969; name and pennant number reassigned to former USS Macomb (DD-458);^[1] expended for film purposes in 1976
General characteristics
Class and type	Gleaves-class destroyer
Displacement	1,630 tons
Length	348 ft 4 in (106.17 m)
Beam	36 ft (11 m)
Draft	17 ft 5 in (5.31 m)
Propulsion	50,000 shp (37,000 kW); Westinghouse geared turbines 4 boilers; 2 propellers
Speed	37 knots (69 km/h)
Range	6,500 nmi (12,000 km; 7,500 mi) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph) (12,000 km at 22 km/h)
Complement	16 officers, 260 enlisted
Armament	(original) 4 × 5 in (127 mm) DP guns, 1 × 1.1 in (28 mm) quad gun, 6 × 0.5 in (12.7 mm) guns, 6 × 20 mm AA guns, 10 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes, 2 × depth charge tracks