USS Sarsfield

22°59′18.7980″N 120°09′22.8168″E / 22.988555000°N 120.156338000°E / 22.988555000; 120.156338000

USS Sarsfield underway on 23 July 1973
History
United States
Name	Sarsfield
Namesake	Eugene S. Sarsfield
Builder	Bath Iron Works
Laid down	15 January 1945
Launched	27 May 1945
Sponsored by	Mrs. Eugene S. Sarsfield
Commissioned	31 July 1945
Decommissioned	1 October 1977
Stricken	1 October 1977
Identification	Callsign: NBBK Hull number: DD-837
Motto	Volens et Valens (Willing and Capable)
Honors and awards	See Awards
Fate	Transferred to Taiwan, 1 October 1977
Badge
Taiwan
Name	Te Yang (德陽)
Namesake	Te Yang
Acquired	1 October 1977
Commissioned	January 1978
Identification	Hull number: DD-925
Reclassified	DDG-925, December 1989
Decommissioned	1 April 2005
Status	Museum ship at Anping Port since 22 January 2009
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	2 General Electric geared turbines, 2 shafts, 60,000 shp (45 MW)
Speed	36.8 knots (68.2 km/h; 42.3 mph)
Range	4,500 nmi (8,300 km) at 20 kn (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement	367
Armament	6 × 5"/38 caliber 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 Sarsfield (DD-837), was a Gearing-class destroyer of the United States Navy. She then served in Taiwan's navy as ROCS Te Yang (DD-925) for 27 years, and now is a ship museum.