USS William R. Rush (DD 714)

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Destroyer
Class	Gearing
Pennant	DD 714
Built by	Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. (Newark, New Jersey, U.S.A.)
Ordered	7 Aug 1942
Laid down	19 Oct 1944
Launched	8 Jul 1945
Commissioned	21 Sep 1945
End service	1 Jul 1978
History	Reclassified as DDR-714 on 18 July 1952. Reverted back to DD-714 on 1 July 1964. Stricken and transferred to South Korea 1 July 1978 being renamed Kang Won. Kang Won was retired from the South Korean Navy 29 December 2000.

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	Commander	From	To
1	T/Cdr. Theodore Robert Vogeley, USN	21 Sep 1945	5 Nov 1946

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