USS James E. Kyes (DD-787)
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USS James E. Kyes underway in Hawaiian waters, 5 July 1966
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 United States
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| Name: | USS James E. Kyes (DD-787) |
| Namesake: | James E. Kyes |
| Builder: | Todd Pacific Shipyards, Seattle, Washington |
| Laid down: | 27 December 1944 |
| Launched: | 4 August 1945 |
| Commissioned: | 8 February 1946 |
| Struck: | 31 March 1973 |
| Honors and awards: |
6 battle stars (Korea) |
| Fate: | Transferred to Taiwan, 18 April 1973 |
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 Taiwan
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| Name: | ROCS Chien Yang (DD-12) |
| Acquired: | 18 April 1973 |
| Reclassified: | DDG-912 |
| Decommissioned: | 1 December 2004 |
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| 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: | 336 |
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USS James E. Kyes (DD-787) was a Gearing-class destroyer of the United States Navy, named for Commander James E. Kyes (1906–1943).
James E. Kyes was laid down on 27 December 1944 by Todd Pacific Shipyards, Inc., Seattle, Washington; launched on 4 August 1945; sponsored by Mrs. James E. Kyes; and commissioned on 8 February 1946, Comdr. K. E. Shook in command.
After shakedown along the West Coast, James E. Kyes steamed from Seattle on 12 June for Pearl Harbor to embark troops for transportation to the United States. Arriving San Diego, California on 12 July, she operated along the California coast until departing on 9 November for the western Pacific. Joining the 7th Fleet at Shanghai on 30 November, she operated along the Chinese Coast supporting Chiang Kai-shek's struggle with the Chinese Communists for control of the mainland.
Departing Tsingtao, China, on 28 January 1947, she steamed to Japan for four months of operations off southeastern Japan, in the Tsushima Strait, and along the Korean coast. She cleared Yokosuka on 8 June for home and arrived San Diego on 22 June.
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