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USS Twining (DD-540)
USS Twining underway in the 1950s
History
USS TwiningUnited States
NameTwining
NamesakeNathan C. Twining
BuilderBethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation
Laid down20 November 1942
Launched11 July 1943
Sponsored byMrs. S.B.D. Wood
Commissioned1 December 1943
Decommissioned14 June 1946
Recommissioned21 November 1950
Decommissioned1 July 1971
Stricken1 July 1971
Identification
  • Callsign: NWLY
  • Hull number: DD-540
MottoVersatile Vigilance
Honours and
awards		See Awards
FateSold to Taiwan, 16 August 1971
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History
USS TwiningTaiwan
Name
  • Kwei Yang
  • (貴陽)
NamesakeKwei Yang
Acquired16 August 1971
Commissioned16 August 1971
Reclassified
  • DD-956, 1980
  • DDG-908, mid-1980s
IdentificationHull number: DD-8
Stricken16 July 1999
FateSunk as target
General characteristics
Class and typeFletcher-class destroyer
Displacement2,050 tons
Length376 ft 6 in (114.7 m)
Beam39 ft 8 in (12.1 m)
Draft17 ft 9 in (5.4 m)
Propulsion60,000 shp (45 MW); 2 propellers
Speed35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph)
Range6500 nmi. (12,000 km) @ 15 kt
Complement329
Armament
  • 5 × single 5 in (127 mm)/38 guns
  • 5 × twin 40 mm (1.6 in) AA guns
  • 7 × single 20 mm (0.8 in) AA guns
  • 2 × quintuple 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
  • 6 × single depth charge throwers
  • 2 × depth charge racks

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).

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