USS Haynsworth
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USS Haynsworth (DD-700), was an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer of the United States Navy.
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USS Haynsworth underway in the 1950s | |
History | |
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United States | |
Name | Haynsworth |
Namesake | William McCall Haynsworth Jr. |
Builder | Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company |
Laid down | 16 December 1943 |
Launched | 15 April 1944 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. Haynsworth |
Commissioned | 22 June 1944 |
Decommissioned | 30 January 1970 |
Stricken | 30 January 1970 |
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Honours and awards | See Awards |
Fate | Transferred to Taiwan, 12 May 1970 |
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Taiwan | |
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Namesake | Yue Yang |
Acquired | 30 January 1970 |
Commissioned | 6 October 1970 |
Identification | Hull number: DD-5 |
Reclassified |
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Decommissioned | 15 January 1999 |
Fate | Sunk as artificial reef, 13 October 2001 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer |
Displacement | 2,200 tons |
Length | 376 ft 6 in (114.76 m) |
Beam | 40 ft (12 m) |
Draft | 15 ft 8 in (4.78 m) |
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Speed | 34 kn (63 km/h; 39 mph) |
Range | 6,500 nmi (12,000 km; 7,500 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
Complement | 336 |
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