USS Rowan underway in 1965
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | Rowan |
Namesake | Stephen C. Rowan |
Builder | Todd Pacific Shipyards |
Laid down | 25 March 1944 |
Launched | 29 December 1944 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. David S. Folsom |
Commissioned | 31 March 1945 |
Decommissioned | 18 December 1975 |
Stricken | 30 January 1976 |
Identification |
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Motto | If It's There, We'll Be There |
Nickname(s) | Black Bird |
Honors and awards | See Awards |
Fate | Transferred to the Republic of China, 1 June 1977 |
History | |
Taiwan | |
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Namesake | Chao Yang |
Acquired | 1 June 1977 |
Identification | Hull number: DD-916 |
Fate | Wrecked, 22 August 1977 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Gearing-class destroyer |
Displacement | 3,460 long tons (3,516 t) full |
Length | 390 ft 6 in (119.02 m) |
Beam | 40 ft 10 in (12.45 m) |
Draft | 14 ft 4 in (4.37 m) |
Propulsion | Geared turbines, 2 shafts, 60,000 shp (45 MW) |
Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
Range | 4,500 nmi (8,300 km) at 20 kn (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
Complement | 336 |
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USS Rowan (DD-782) was a Gearing-class destroyer of the United States Navy, the fourth Navy ship named for Vice Admiral Stephen C. Rowan (1805–1890).