USS Taylor (DD-468)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Taylor and Italian destroyer Lanciere.
USS Taylor (DD/DDE-468) was a Fletcher-class destroyer of the United States Navy, named for Rear Admiral William Rogers Taylor (1811–1889). She was laid down on 28 August 1941 at Bath, Maine, by the Bath Iron Works Corp.; launched on 7 June 1942, sponsored by Mrs. H. A. Baldridge; and commissioned on 28 August 1942 at the Charlestown Navy Yard near Boston, Mass.[1]
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USS Taylor (DD-468), 1944. | |
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United States | |
Namesake | William Rogers Taylor |
Builder | Bath Iron Works |
Laid down | 28 August 1941 |
Launched | 7 June 1942 |
Commissioned | 28 August 1942 |
Decommissioned | 3 June 1969 |
Stricken | 2 July 1969 |
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Italy | |
Name | Lanciere |
Acquired | 2 July 1969 |
Decommissioned | January 1971 |
Stricken | January 1971 |
Fate | Cannibalized for parts |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Fletcher-class destroyer |
Displacement | 2,050 tons |
Length | 376 ft 6 in (114.7 m) |
Beam | 39 ft 8 in (12.1 m) |
Draft | 17 ft 9 in (5.4 m) |
Propulsion | 60,000 shp (45 MW); 2 propellers |
Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
Range | 6500 nmi. (12,000 km) at 15 kt |
Complement | 336 |
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Taylor was the first destroyer to anchor in Japanese coastal waters at the end of World War II – one that, wrote Admiral William F. Halsey, "admirably performed every mission assigned to her."[2]