USS Lloyd Thomas (DD-764)
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| Name: | USS Lloyd Thomas (DD-764) |
| Namesake: | Lloyd Thomas |
| Builder: | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, San Francisco, California, |
| Laid down: | 26 March 1944 |
| Launched: | 5 October 1945 |
| Commissioned: | 21 March 1947 |
| Reclassified: | DDE-764, 4 March 1950 |
| Reclassified: | DD-764, 30 June 1962 |
| Decommissioned: | 12 October 1972 |
| Struck: | 12 October 1972 |
| Fate: | Sold to the Republic of China, 12 October 1972 |
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 Taiwan
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| Name: | ROCS Dang Yang (DD-11) |
| Acquired: | 12 October 1972 |
| Reclassified: | DDG-911 |
| Struck: | 16 March 1999 |
| Fate: | Sunk as artificial reef, 31 October 2002 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Gearing-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 2,425 long tons (2,464 t) |
| Length: | 390 ft 9 in (119.10 m) |
| Beam: | 41 ft (12 m) |
| Draft: | 18 ft 6 in (5.64 m) |
| Speed: | 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
| Complement: | 336 officers and enlisted |
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The third USS Lloyd Thomas (DD/DDE-764) was a Gearing-class destroyer in the United States Navy during the Korean War and the Vietnam War. She was named for Lieutenant (j.g.) Lloyd Thomas (1912–1942), who was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross for extraordinary heroism in the Battle of Midway.
Lloyd Thomas was laid down by Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Shipbuilding Division, San Francisco, California, 26 March 1944; launched 5 October 1945; sponsored by Mrs. Lloyd Thomas, widow of Lt(jg.) Thomas; and commissioned 21 March 1947, Commander J. I. Cone in command.
After shakedown off San Diego, California and a training cruise in Hawaiian waters, the new destroyer departed the west coast 16 January 1948 for a round-the-world training and good will voyage. In company with the aircraft carrier Valley Forge (CV-45) and three other destroyers, Lloyd Thomas visited Sydney, Australia, Hong Kong, and Tsingtao, China. After Tsingtao, Lloyd Thomas, William C. Lawe (DD-763), and Valley Forge proceeded westward, touching Singapore, Ceylon, and Saudi Arabia, transited the Suez Canal and the Straits of Gibraltar, then steamed north for calls at Bergen, Norway, and Southampton, England. The formation left England 13 March 1948, spent five days in New York City, and arrived at home port San Diego, Calif. 11 June, having steamed 46,168 nautical miles (85,503 km) during the five-month voyage.
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