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TAI YUAN (959) class DE

Country of Origin: Taiwan

ship list


 0 DESTROYER ESCORT (ex-U.S. RUDDEROW class)

 Name       Pendant   Launched   Completed   Status
 TAI YUAN   959       1944       1944        Scrapped
   (ex-US RILEY, DE-579)

description

This US-built ship was completed as a unit of the RUDDEROW (DE-224) class. She was slightly modified while in U.S. service but was modernized before her transfer to Taiwan.

The TAI YUAN had a flush-deck hull with some sheer forward. She had a tripod mast stepped abaft her low block bridge and a...

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