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USS Hanson underway on 17 August 1966
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United States | |
Name | Hanson |
Namesake | Robert M. Hanson |
Builder | Bath Iron Works |
Laid down | 7 October 1944 |
Launched | 11 March 1945 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. Harry A. Hanson |
Commissioned | 11 May 1945 |
Decommissioned | 31 March 1973 |
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Stricken | 31 March 1973 |
Homeport | San Diego |
Identification |
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Motto | All Seas |
Honors and awards | See Awards |
Fate | Transferred to Republic of China, 18 April 1973 |
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Taiwan | |
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Namesake | Liao Yang |
Acquired | 18 April 1973 |
Decommissioned | 1 June 2004 |
Reclassified | DDG-921 |
Identification | Hull number: DD-921 |
Fate | Sunk as target, July 2006 |
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 | after 1964: 278 Enlisted 18 Officers |
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USS Hanson (DD/DDR-832) was a Gearing-class destroyer of the United States Navy named after first lieutenant Robert M. Hanson of the United States Marine Corps squadron VMF-215.
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