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USS Rodman (DD 456)

Destroyer of the Bristol class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeDestroyer
ClassBristol 
PennantDD 456 
Built byFederal Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. (Kearny, New Jersey, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down16 Dec, 1940 
Launched26 Sep, 1941 
Commissioned27 Jan, 1942 
End service28 Jul, 1955 
Loss position
 
HistoryConverted to High Speed Minesweeper DMS-21 on 15 November 1944.
Reclassified back to destroyer DD-456 16 January 1955.
Decommissioned 28 July 1955.
Transferred to Taiwan 28 July 1955 being renamed Hsuen Yang. Hsuen Yang was expended in 1976. 

Noteable events involving Rodman include:

17 May, 1944
The German submarine U-616 was scuttled on 17 May, 1944 in the Mediterranean east of Cartagena, in position 36.46N, 00.52E, after fatal damages from depth charges from the US destroyers USS Nields, USS Gleaves, USS Ellyson, USS Macomb, USS Hambleton, USS Rodman, USS Emmons and by depth charges from a British Wellington aircraft (Sqdn. 36/K), after a 3 day-long hunt. (see map)


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