USS David W. Taylor (DD-551)
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USS David W. Taylor (DD-551) in 1943
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 United States
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| Name: | David W. Taylor |
| Namesake: | David W. Taylor |
| Builder: | Gulf Shipbuilding Corporation, Chickasaw, Alabama |
| Laid down: | 12 June 1941 |
| Launched: | 4 July 1942 |
| Commissioned: | 18 September 1943 |
| Decommissioned: | 17 August 1946 |
| Fate: | Leased to Spain, 15 May 1951 |
| Struck: | 1 October 1972 |
 Spain
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| Name: | Almirante Ferrandíz |
| Acquired: | 15 May 1951 |
| Struck: | 17 November 1987 |
| Identification: | D22 |
| Fate: | Scrapped |
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| Class and type: | Fletcher-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 2,050 tons |
| Length: | 376 ft 6 in (114.76 m) |
| Beam: | 39 ft 8 in (12.09 m) |
| Draft: | 17 ft 9 in (5.41 m) |
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| Speed: | 35 knots (65 km/h) |
| Range: | 6,500 nautical miles (12,000 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h) |
| Complement: | 273 |
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USS David W. Taylor (DD-551), a Fletcher-class destroyer, was a ship of the United States Navy named for Rear Admiral David W. Taylor (1864–1940).
David W. Taylor was launched 4 July 1942 by Gulf Shipbuilding Corporation, Chickasaw, Ala., sponsored by Mrs. Imogene Taylor Powell, daughter of RAdm Taylor; and commissioned 18 September 1943, Lieutenant Commander W. H. Johnsen in command.
David W. Taylor escorted a convoy of merchantmen from Charleston, South Carolina to Pearl Harbor arriving on 20 January 1944. Three days later she got underway to screen a support convoy to the Gilbert and Marshall Islands, returning to Pearl Harbor on 29 February. After escorting the aircraft carrier Intrepid to San Francisco, she sailed from Pearl Harbor 1 April to patrol in the Marshall Islands until 12 May. Returning to Pearl Harbor 18 May, she had training duties there until 7 June.
From 15 June to 4 August 1944 David W. Taylor sailed in the screen of escort carriers and fleet oilers supporting the Marianas operation. On 4 July she and the destroyer escort Riddle attacked and sank the Japanese submarine I-10 at 15°26′N 147°48′E / 15.433°N 147.800°E. The destroyer joined the 3d Fleet 19 August, and sailed out of Manus screening the logistics group supporting the fast carrier task forces in their raids preparing for and accompanying the capture and occupation of the southern Palaus. With her base of operations at Ulithi from 29 October, David W. Taylor continued to screen the logistics group until 22 November when she joined the carriers for air attacks on Luzon in support of the invading troops on Leyte.
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