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USS Macomb
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USS Macomb (DD-458/DMS-23) was a Gleaves-class destroyer of the United States Navy, named for Commodore William H. Macomb (1819–1872) and Rear Admiral David B. Macomb (1827–1911).
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Name | USS Macomb |
Namesake | William H. and David B. Macomb |
Builder | Bath Iron Works |
Laid down | 3 September 1940 |
Launched | 23 September 1941 |
Commissioned | 26 January 1942 |
Identification | DD-458 |
Reclassified | DMS-23, 15 November 1944 |
Decommissioned | 19 October 1954 |
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Stricken | 1 February 1970 |
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Name | JDS Hatakaze |
Acquired | 19 October 1954 |
Identification | DD-182 |
Fate | Returned to U.S., 1969; sold to Republic of China, 1970 |
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Name | ROCS Hsien Yang[1] |
Acquired | 1970[1] |
Decommissioned | 1974[2] |
Stricken | Converted to dockside training ship[2] |
Identification | DD-16 |
Fate | Cannibalized for spare parts. |
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Class and type | Gleaves-class destroyer |
Displacement | 2,230 tons |
Length | 348 ft 2 in (106.12 m) |
Beam | 36 ft 1 in (11.00 m) |
Draft | 15 ft 8 in (4.78 m) |
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Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h) |
Range | 6,500 nmi (12,000 km; 7,500 mi) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
Complement | 208 |
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Macomb was laid down on 3 September 1940 by the Bath Iron Works Corp., Bath, Maine and launched on 23 September 1941; cosponsored by Mrs. Ryland W. Greene and her sister, Mrs. Edward H. Chew, granddaughters of Commodore William H. Macomb. The destroyer commissioned on 26 January 1942.