USS James E. Kyes
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USS James E. Kyes (DD-787) was a Gearing-class destroyer of the United States Navy, named for Commander James E. Kyes (1906–1943).
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USS James E. Kyes underway in November 1967 | |
History | |
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United States | |
Name | James E. Kyes |
Namesake | James E. Kyes |
Builder | Todd Pacific Shipyards |
Laid down | 27 December 1944 |
Launched | 4 August 1945 |
Commissioned | 8 February 1946 |
Stricken | 31 March 1973 |
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Honors and awards | See Awards |
Fate | Transferred to Taiwan, 18 April 1973 |
Taiwan | |
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Namesake | Chien Yang |
Acquired | 18 April 1973 |
Commissioned | 18 April 1973 |
Reclassified | DDG-912, 1980s |
Decommissioned | 1 December 2004 |
Identification | Hull number: DD-912 |
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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