Global InformationUSS Wyffels information
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | Wyffels |
| Namesake | Lawrence Edward Wyffels |
| Ordered | as BDE-6 |
| Builder | Boston Navy Yard |
| Laid down | 17 October 1942 |
| Launched | 7 December 1942 |
| Reclassified | DE-6, 25 January 1943 |
| Renamed | Wyffels 19 February 1943 |
| Commissioned | 15 April 1943 |
| Decommissioned | 28 August 1945 |
| Fate | transferred to Republic of China, 28 August 1945 |
| Stricken | 12 March 1948 |
 Taiwan | |
| Name | Tai Kang |
| Acquired | 28 August 1945 |
| Identification | Pennant number: F-21 |
| Fate | Sold for scrapping, 1972 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Evarts-class destroyer escort |
| Displacement | 1,140 tons |
| Length | 289 ft 5 in (88.21 m) |
| Beam | 35 ft 1 in (10.69 m) |
| Draft | 8 ft 3 in (2.51 m) |
| Speed | 19½ knots |
| Complement | 198 |
| Armament | 3 3 in (76 mm)/50 guns, 4 1.1"/75 caliber gun, 2 40 mm., 9 20 mm., 3 dct., 8 dcp., 1 dcp. (hh.) |
USS Wyffels (DE-6) was an Evarts-class destroyer escort in the United States Navy during World War II.
Intended for transfer to Great Britain, Wyffels was laid down as BDE-6 on 17 October 1942 at Charlestown, Massachusetts, by the Boston Navy Yard; launched on 7 December 1942; retained by the United States and redesignated DE-6 on 25 January 1943; renamed Wyffels on 19 February 1943; and commissioned on 15 April 1943.