USS Haynsworth DD700 ''Her Time in History''

USS Haynsworth continued service from 1970 in Taiwan as Yue-Yang Destroyer DDG-905 until January 16, 1999

Photos provided by R.O.C Naval Academy (Navy Memorial Digital Archives – Yang Class Destroyers) Taiwan
History DDG-905 was the ex-USS Haynworth, the Sumner-class destroyer, DD-700, laid down by Federal Shipbuilding, Kearny NJ. on December 16, 1943, launched on April 15, 1944 and commissioned on June 22, 1944. DD-700 had been participated in the World War II with splendid merits and great achievements. Stricken on January 30 1970, and transferred to ROC Navy in 1970 and the commissioning ceremony was held on October 6, 1970 by Admiral Sung, Chang-Chih, the Commander-In-Chief of ROC Navy. She was renamed as Yue-Yang with the hull number DDG-905 Yue-Yang was in service of ROC Navy for 28 years and with 21 Commanding Officers. The missions of DDG-905 are patrolling the cross-strait and surrounding waters to convoy offshore islands support and supply, annually midshipman training cruise, task flotilla and various missions. She played an important role on the Navy force build-up and fleet combat readiness, secure the safety of cross-strait and maritime communication. DDG-905 had earned the “Best Prototype of the Armed Forces” and won the first place on firing 5 inch Gun. Finally, the DDG-905 Yue-Yang was decommissioned January 16, 1999.
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Recollection - Above ''center'' photo In February 1995, when I graduated from the Naval Communications and Electronics School, I was assigned at DDG-905 and in charge of the operation and maintenance of all the electronic equipments. The commanding officer was captain Liu Chung-Hao, and most of the tasks and missions were the patrolling at southwest and northeast areas as well as the convoying and escorting for southern and northern supply and transport. I still remembered that in December 1995, while we were patrolling along the cross-strait with strong northeast monsoon at sea, suddenly, we received an emergency order to rescue a foreign cargo grounding outside the Hsinchu area. Though the sea state was so terrible, all the members on DDG-905 made our efforts to rescue those sailors and received lots of appraise nationwide. Though I served at DDG-905 for only one year, that was the most impressive memory for me to remember. Petty Officer Cheng Chian-Shun served as the Electronic at DDG-905 from February 1995 to April 1996 Petty Officer Cheng Chian-Shun Served as the Electronic at DDG-905 from February 1995 to April 1996