USS Truxtun (APD-98)
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USS Truxtun (DE-282) |
| Namesake | Thomas Truxtun |
| Builder | Charleston Navy Yard |
| Laid down | 13 December 1943 as Rudderow-class destroyer escort |
| Launched | 9 March 1944 |
| Sponsored by | Miss Norton Truxtun |
| Reclassified | APD-98, 15 July 1944 |
| Commissioned | 9 July 1945 |
| Decommissioned | 15 March 1946 |
| Renamed | USS APD-98 24 June 1963 |
| Stricken | 15 January 1966 |
| Fate | Sold to Republic of China, 22 November 1965 |
| History | |
| Taiwan | |
| Name | ROCS Fu Shan (Chinese: 福山; DE-35) |
| Acquired | 22 November 1965 |
| Reclassified | PF-35 |
| Reclassified | PF-838 |
| Reclassified | PF-835 |
| Stricken | 1996 |
| Fate | Scrapped, in the late 1990s |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Crosley-class high speed transport |
| Displacement | 2,130 long tons (2,164 t) full |
| Length | 306 ft (93 m) |
| Beam | 37 ft (11 m) |
| Draft | 12 ft 7 in (3.84 m) |
| Speed | 23 knots (43 km/h; 26 mph) |
| Troops | 162 |
| Complement | 204 |
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USS Truxtun (APD-98) was a Crosley-class high-speed transport commissioned in the United States Navy from 1945 to 1946. In 1965, she was transferred to the Republic of China Navy and served as ROCS Fu Shan (PF-35) until 1996. Afterwards, she was scrapped.