USS John W. Thomason

24°30′48″N 122°00′00″E / 24.5133333°N 122.0000000°E / 24.5133333; 122.0000000

USS John W. Thomason underway on 10 March 1958
History
United States
Name	John W. Thomason
Namesake	John William Thomason Jr.
Builder	Bethlehem Steel
Laid down	21 November 1943
Launched	30 September 1944
Sponsored by	Mrs. John W. Thomason
Commissioned	11 October 1945
Decommissioned	8 December 1970
Stricken	1 February 1974
Identification	Callsign: NKOL Hull number: DD-760
Fate	to Taiwan 6 May 1974
Badge
Taiwan
Name	Nan Yang (南陽)
Namesake	Nan Yang
Acquired	6 May 1974
Commissioned	23 June 1975
Identification	Hull number: DD-917
Reclassified	DD-954 DDG-917, 1982
Decommissioned	16 January 2000
Fate	Sunk as target, 3 August 2006
General characteristics
Class and type	Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer
Displacement	2,200 tons
Length	376 ft 6 in (114.76 m)
Beam	40 ft (12 m)
Draft	15 ft 8 in (4.78 m)
Propulsion	60,000 shp (45,000 kW); 2 propellers
Speed	34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph)
Range	6,500 nmi (12,000 km; 7,500 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	336
Armament	6 × 5 in (127 mm)/38 cal. 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 John W. Thomason (DD-760), an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer, is the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for John William Thomason, Jr., a USMC officer who was awarded the Navy Cross for bravery during World War I.