USS Ernest G. Small
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USS Ernest G. Small (DD/DDR-838) was a Gearing-class destroyer of the United States Navy, named for Rear Admiral Ernest G. Small (1888–1944).
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USS Ernest G. Small underway on 17 November 1950 | |
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United States | |
Name | Ernest G. Small |
Namesake | Ernest G. Small |
Builder | Bath Iron Works |
Laid down | 30 January 1945 |
Launched | 14 June 1945 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. E.G. Small |
Commissioned | 21 August 1945 |
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Decommissioned | 15 November 1970 |
Stricken | 15 November 1970 |
Honors and awards | See Awards |
Fate | Transferred to Republic of China, 13 April 1971 |
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Taiwan | |
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Namesake | Fu Yang |
Acquired | 13 April 1971 |
Commissioned | 1 July 1971 |
Reclassified | DDG-907, 1980s |
Identification | Hull number: DD-907 |
Decommissioned | 16 December 1999 |
Fate | Sunk as target, 8 October 2003 |
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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