U.S.S. Sarsfield (DD-837)
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Career (Republic of China)
Name: ROCS Te Yang (DD-25)
Acquired: 1 October 1977
Reclassified: DDG-925
Decommissioned: 1 April 2005
Fate: Museum ship
General characteristics
Class & 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: 2 General Electic geared turbines, 2 shafts, 60,000 shp (45 MW)
Speed: 36.8 knots (68.2 km/h; 42.3 mph)
Range: 4,500 nmi (8,300 km) at 20 kn (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement: 367
Armament: • 6 × 5 3/8" caliber guns
• 12 × 40 mm AA guns
• 11 × 20 mm AA guns
• 10 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
• 6 × depth charge projectors
• 2 × depth charge tracks
JAN 1942 - JAN 1945 Middle Pacific
JAN 1945 Keel Date: 15 JAN 1945
MAY 1945 Launch Date: 27 MAY 1945
JUL 1945 Commissioned: 31 JUL 1945
SEP 1953 - OCT 1954 New London Conn
JUL 1968 - Shellback Initiation - 11 JUL 1968 - Atlantic Ocean
JUL 1968 - Shellback Initiation - 11 JUL 1968 - Atlantic Ocean
JUL 1968 - JAN 1969 Mediterranean - Indian Ocean
AUG 1969 - - - Shellback Initiation - 17 AUG 1969 - Pacific Ocean
JAN 1971 - Shellback Initiation - 24 JAN 1971 - Atlantic Ocean
JAN 1972 - OCT 1972 West Pac-Viet Nam
APR 1972 - OCT 1972 West Pac-Viet Nam
JUN 1972 - OCT 1972 West Pac-Viet Nam
JUN 1972 - MAR 1973 West Pac-Viet Nam
JUN 1973 - DEC 1973 North Atlantic-Med-Indian Ocean
SEP 1974 - SEP 1974 Collision with the USNS Savannah
SEP 1974 - OCT 1974 North Atlantic
FEB 1975 - FEB 1975 Caribbean
MAY 1975 - MAY 1975 Operation Solid Shield North Carolina
JUL 1975 - JAN 1976 Mediterranean
NOV 1975 - DEC 1975 Black Sea during the Med. Cruise
OCT 1976 - APR 1977 Mediterranean
DD-837 General Specifications
Class: Gearing-class destroyer
Named for: Eugene S. Sarsfield
Complement: 367 Officers and Enlisted
Displacement: 3460 tons
Length: 390 feet 6 inches
Beam: 40 feet 10 inches
Flank Speed: 36 Knots
Range: 4 500 Nautical Miles
Final Disposition:Transferred to Republic of China 1 October 1977