USS English (DD-696)
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USS English
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 United States
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| Name: | USS English |
| Namesake: | Rear Admiral Robert Henry English (1888-1943) |
| Builder: | Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company |
| Laid down: | 19 October 1943 |
| Launched: | 27 February 1944 |
| Sponsored by: | Ensign Eloise W. English, USNR(W) |
| Commissioned: | 4 May 1944 |
| Decommissioned: | 15 May 1970 |
| Struck: | 15 May 1970 |
| Fate: | To Taiwan 11 August 1970 |
 Taiwan
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| Name: | ROCS Huei Yang |
| Acquired: | 11 August 1970 |
| Identification: | DD-6 |
| Decommissioned: | 16 August 1999 |
| Reclassified: | DDG-906 |
| Fate: | Sunk as a target on 14 October 2003 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 2,200 tons |
| Length: | 376 ft 6 in (114.76 m) |
| Beam: | 40 ft (12 m) |
| Draft: | 15 ft 8 in (4.78 m) |
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| Speed: | 34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph) |
| Range: | 6,500 nautical miles (12,000 km; 7,500 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Complement: | 336 |
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USS English (DD-696), an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer, named for Rear Admiral Robert Henry English, a submariner who commanded the cruiser Helena and was awarded the Navy Cross and the Navy Distinguished Service Medal. Rear Admiral English was still serving when killed in a flying boat accident in California 21 January 1943.
English was launched 27 February 1944 by Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Co., Kearny, New Jersey; sponsored by Ensign Eloise W. English, USNR(W), daughter of Rear Admiral English; and commissioned 4 May 1944, Commander James Thomas Smith in command.
English arrived in the Hawaiian Islands 3 September 1944 for final training, and service as plane guard during the qualification of aviators in carrier operations. On 17 December, she sailed from Pearl Harbor for Ulithi, where on 28 December she joined the screen for the aircraft carriers of Task Force 38 (TF) 38. She put to sea 2 days later for air strikes to neutralize Japanese bases on Formosa, Luzon, Okinawa, and the Indo-China coast in coordination with the invasion of Lingayen Gulf. English returned to Ulithi to replenish between 26 January 1945 and 8 February, then sailed to Saipan to meet the cruiser Indianapolis and escort her to a rendezvous with newly designated TF 58. She screened the carriers as they launched the series of strikes accompanying the Iwo Jima operation, hitting Tokyo both before and after the assault, Iwo Jima itself, and Okinawa.
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