23°12′14″N 120°12′38″E / 23.2039734°N 120.2106887°E
USS Yarnall underway in 1944
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | Yarnall |
Namesake | John Yarnall |
Builder | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation |
Laid down | 5 December 1942 |
Launched | 25 July 1943 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. Earl Groves |
Commissioned | 30 December 1943 |
Decommissioned | 15 January 1947 |
Recommissioned | 28 February 1951 |
Decommissioned | 30 September 1958 |
Stricken | 25 January 1974 |
Identification |
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Fate | Transferred to Taiwan, 10 June 1968 |
History | |
Taiwan | |
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Namesake | Kun Yang |
Acquired | 10 June 1968 |
Reclassified |
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Identification | Hull number: DD-19 |
Decommissioned | 16 October 1999 |
Stricken | 11 November 1999 |
Fate | Sunk as target[1] |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Fletcher-class destroyer |
Displacement | 2,050 tons |
Length | 376 ft 6 in (114.7 m) |
Beam | 39 ft 8 in (12.1 m) |
Draft | 17 ft 9 in (5.4 m) |
Propulsion | 60,000 shp (45 MW); 2 propellers |
Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
Range | 6500 nmi. (12,000 km) @ 15 knots (28 km/h) |
Complement | 329 |
Armament |
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USS Yarnall (DD-541), a Fletcher-class destroyer, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Lieutenant John Yarnall (1786–1815).