USS Taussig underway in 1954
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History | |
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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 |
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Fate | Transferred to Taiwan, 6 May 1974 |
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Taiwan | |
Name |
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Namesake | Lo Yang |
Acquired | 6 May 1974 |
Commissioned | 26 May 1975 |
Reclassified |
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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 | |
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 |
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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.