USS Taussig

USS Taussig underway in 1954
History
United States
Name	Taussig
Namesake	Edward David Taussig
Builder	Bethlehem Mariners Harbor
Laid down	30 August 1943
Launched	25 January 1944
Sponsored by	Mrs. Ellen M. Taussig
Commissioned	20 May 1944
Decommissioned	1 December 1970
Stricken	1 February 1974
Identification	Callsign: NHIG Hull number: DD-746
Fate	Transferred to Taiwan, 6 May 1974
Badge
Taiwan
Name	Lo Yang (洛陽)
Namesake	Lo Yang
Acquired	6 May 1974
Commissioned	26 May 1975
Reclassified	DD-914, 1970 DDG-914, 1979
Identification	Hull number: DD-14
Decommissioned	15 February 2000
Fate	Scrapped, 2013
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 10 in (12.45 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 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	336
Armament	6 × 5 in.(127 mm)/38 DP guns, 12 × 40 mm AA guns, 11 × 20 mm AA guns, 10 × 21 in.(53 cm) torpedo tubes,   6 × depth charge projectors,   2 × depth charge tracks

USS Taussig (DD-746) was an American Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer. It was named for Edward D. Taussig, a rear admiral of the United States Navy whose career spanned over 50 years. Adm. Taussig is remembered for claiming Wake Island for the United States on January 17, 1899 while commanding the gunboat Bennington and for accepting the physical relinquishment of Guam from Spain, ending 300 years of Spanish colonial rule.