USS Kimberly (DD-521)
Fletcher-class destroyer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other ships with the same name, see USS Kimberly.
USS Kimberly (DD-521) was a Fletcher-class destroyer in service with the United States Navy from 1943 to 1947, then from 1951 to 1954. In 1967, she was transferred to the Republic of China Navy where she served as ROCS An Yang (DD-18/DDG-918) until 1999. The destroyer was sunk as a target in 2003.
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USS Kimberly underway in 1951 | |
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Name | Kimberly |
Namesake | Lewis A. Kimberly |
Builder | Bethlehem Mariners Harbor |
Laid down | 27 July 1942 |
Launched | 4 February 1943 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. Elsie S Kimberly |
Commissioned | 22 May 1943 |
Decommissioned | 5 February 1947 |
Recommissioned | 8 February 1951 |
Decommissioned | 15 January 1954 |
Stricken | 25 January 1974 |
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Fate | Transferred to Taiwan, 1 June 1967 |
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Taiwan | |
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Namesake | An Yang |
Acquired | 1 June 1967 |
Commissioned | 2 June 1967 |
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Decommissioned | 16 September 1999 |
Identification | Hull number: DD-18 |
Fate | Sunk as target, 14 October 2003 |
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Class and type | Fletcher-class destroyer |
Displacement | 2,050 tons |
Length | 376 ft 6 in (114.7 m) |
Beam | 39 ft 8 in (12.1 m) |
Draft | 17 ft 9 in (5.4 m) |
Propulsion | 60,000 shp (45 MW); 2 propellers |
Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
Range | 6500 nmi. (12,000 km) at 15 kt |
Complement | 336 |
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