USS Johnston (DD-821)
USS Johnston on 4 January 1980 | |
| History | |
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| United States | |
| Name | Johnston |
| Namesake | John V. Johnston |
| Builder | Consolidated Steel Corporation |
| Laid down | 26 March 1945 |
| Launched | 10 October 1945 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. Marie S. Klinger |
| Commissioned | 23 August 1946 |
| Decommissioned | 27 February 1981 |
| Stricken | 27 February 1981 |
| Identification |
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| Motto | We'll Put It to a Venture |
| Fate | Transferred to Republic of China, 27 February 1981 |
| Badge | |
| History | |
| Taiwan | |
| Name |
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| Namesake | Chen Yang |
| Acquired | 27 February 1981 |
| Commissioned | 17 July 1981 |
| Reclassified | DDG-928 |
| Decommissioned | 16 December 2003 |
| Identification | Hull number: DD-928 |
| Fate | Sunk as target, 20 July 2006 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & 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 Johnston (DD-821) was a Gearing-class destroyer of the United States Navy, the second Navy ship named for Lieutenant John V. Johnston, who served in the Navy during the American Civil War.