_underway_at_sea,_circa_in_the_1960s.jpg) USS Wiltsie (DD-716) underway at sea, circa 1960s
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USS Wiltsie |
| Namesake | Irving Wiltsie |
| Laid down | 13 March 1945 |
| Launched | 31 August 1945 |
| Commissioned | 12 January 1946 |
| Decommissioned | 23 January 1976 |
| Stricken | 23 January 1976 |
| Identification | DD-716 |
| Fate | Sold to Pakistan, 29 April 1977 |
 Pakistan | |
| Name | PNS Tariq |
| Acquired | 1977 |
| Renamed | Nazim (1990) |
| Identification | D165 |
| Status | Alongside as "at sea" headquarters of Pakistan Maritime Security Agency |
| General characteristics In US service | |
| Class and type | Gearing-class destroyer |
| Displacement | |
| Length | 390 ft 6 in (119.0 m) (overall) |
| Beam | 40 ft 10 in (12.45 m) |
| Draft | 14 ft 4 in (4.37 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 35 kn (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
| Range | 4,500 nmi (8,300 km; 5,200 mi) at 20 kn (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
| Complement | 336 officers and enlisted |
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USS Wiltsie (DD-716) was a Gearing-class destroyer in the United States Navy. She was named for Irving Wiltsie. The destroyer entered service in 1946 and remained active with the United States Navy until 1977, when Wiltsie was decommissioned and sold to Pakistan in 1977. The vessel entered service with the Pakistan Navy as PNS Tariq (D165) in 1978. In 1990, the ship was renamed PNS Nazim to allow the name Tariq to be given to a newly-acquired Type 21 frigate. The ship was then transferred to the Pakistan Maritime Security Agency and used as an alongside "at sea" headquarters for the agency. Though afloat, the vessel no longer sails.