USS Hawkins
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22.7085680°N 120.2907658°E / 22.7085680; 120.2907658
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USS Hawkins underway on 30 May 1965 | |
History | |
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United States | |
Name | Hawkins |
Namesake | William D. Hawkins |
Builder | Consolidated Steel Corporation |
Laid down | 14 May 1944 |
Launched | 7 October 1944 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. Clara Jane Hawkins |
Commissioned | 10 February 1945 |
Decommissioned | 1 October 1979 |
Stricken | 1 October 1979 |
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Nickname(s) | Sea Hawks |
Honors and awards | See Awards |
Fate | Sold to Taiwan, 1 October 1979 |
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Taiwan | |
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Namesake | Tzi Yang |
Acquired | 1 October 1979 |
Commissioned | 9 July 1983 |
Decommissioned | 16 October 1998 |
Reclassified | DDG-930 |
Identification | Hull number: DD-930 |
Fate | Scrapped |
Notes | Bridge is at Zuoying Naval Academy |
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Class and type | Gearing-class destroyer |
Displacement | 3,460 tons |
Length | 390.6 ft (119.1 m) |
Beam | 40.1 ft (12.2 m) |
Draft | 14.4 ft (4.4 m) |
Propulsion | 60,000 shp (45,000 kW); General Electric geared turbines, 2 screws |
Speed | 36.8 kn (68.2 km/h; 42.3 mph) |
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USS Hawkins (DD-873) was a Gearing-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. Following the war, the ship saw service in the Korean War and in the 1970s, was transferred to the Republic of China Navy as Tze Yang. She remained in service until the 1990s. The ship was then scrapped with the exception of her superstructure, which became part of a display and training ground at the Zuoying Naval Academy.