USS Sarsfield (DD-837)
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USS Sarsfield (DD-837) off Boston, 1945
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 United States
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| Name: | USS Sarsfield (DD-837) |
| Namesake: | Eugene S. Sarsfield |
| Laid down: | 15 January 1945 |
| Launched: | 27 May 1945 |
| Commissioned: | 31 July 1945 |
| Struck: | 1 October 1977 |
| Honors and awards: |
1 battle star (Vietnam) |
| Fate: | Transferred to Republic of China, 1 October 1977 |
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 Taiwan
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| Name: | ROCS Te Yang (DD-25) |
| Acquired: | 1 October 1977 |
| Reclassified: | DDG-925 |
| Decommissioned: | 1 April 2005 |
| Fate: | Museum ship |
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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: | 2 General Electric geared turbines, 2 shafts, 60,000 shp (45 MW) |
| Speed: | 36.8 knots (68.2 km/h; 42.3 mph) |
| Range: | 4,500 nmi (8,300 km) at 20 kn (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
| Complement: | 367 |
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Coordinates: 22°59′18.7980″N 120°09′22.8168″E / 22.988555000°N 120.156338000°E
USS Sarsfield (DD-837), a Gearing-class destroyer, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named after Eugene S. Sarsfield, an officer and commander of the Maddox. He disappeared after the sinking of his ship and was presumed dead on 11 July 1943.
Sarsfield was laid down on 15 January 1945 by the Bath Iron Works Co., Bath, Maine; launched on 27 May 1945; sponsored by Mrs. Eugene S. Sarsfield; and commissioned at Boston Naval Shipyard on 31 July 1945, with Commander Hepburn A. Pierce in command.
After the ship's fitting-out was complete, it sailed on 24 August, for Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and shakedown training. She returned to Boston on 30 September and, after post-shakedown alterations, got underway, on 25 October, for New York City and the Navy Day celebration. Following her stay at New York, she participated in training exercises in the Chesapeake Bay-Virginia Capes area until 13 December, when she entered the Brooklyn Navy Yard for installation of some experimental equipment.
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