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_underway_off_San_Diego_on_17_August_1966_(USN_1117944).jpg) USS Hanson underway on 17 August 1966
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| History | |
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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 |
| Reclassified |
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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 |
| Badge | _insignia.png) |
 Taiwan | |
| Name |
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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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