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US DDG-790 萊陽艦
DDG-920 Lai-Yang was the ex-USS Shelton, the Gearing-class (FRAM I) destroyer, DD-790, laid down by Todd Pacific Shipyards, Seattle, WA. on May 31, 1945, launched on March 8, 1946 and commissioned on June 21, 1946. She was under the command of Pacific Fleet, USN and participated in Korean War and Vietnam War etc. with splendid merits and great achievements. Stricken on 31 March 1973, she was transferred to R.O.C. Navy on
April 18, 1973 at San Diego, CA by the ROC Taiwan’ s de facto ambassador to the US, Mr. Shen Chien-Hong and renamed as Lai-Yang with the hull number DD-920. Captain Hsu Min-Chou was in command as the first Commanding Officer.
DDG-920 later was under the Wu-Chin II fire control system modernization program in May, 1980,mounted the 76-mm gun in 1982, and the upgrade equipped DDG-920 with AAW capabilities. DDG-920 Lai-Yang was in service of ROC Navy for 25 years. The mission was patrolling the Taiwan Strait and surrounding waters to convoy offshore-islands-support-and-supply, midshipman training cruise, task flotilla and various missions. She played an important role on the Navy force built-up and fleet combat readiness, secure the safety of Taiwan Strait and Maritime communications. The overall underway hours are 48,700 hours and the range is 513,100 nm. Finally, the DDG-920 Lai-Yang was decommissioned on March 16, 1999.
US DDG-790 萊陽艦
Shelton began her shakedown cruise on 20 July and returned to Seattle for post-shakedown availability. She moved down the coast to San Diego, California on 12 October and, on 9 November, stood out of that port en route to the western Pacific for her first tour of duty with the 7th Fleet. While serving with that fleet, she visited ports in China, Korea, and Japan. The destroyer returned to the west coast on 22 June 1947 and conducted local operations in the San Diego area. The destroyer underwent overhaul at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Washington, from January to April 1948. After moving to San Diego on 19 April, Shelton operated along the California coast until sailing for WestPac and the 7th Fleet on 1 September. The seven-month deployment ended on 24 April 1949 when she sailed back into San Diego.
In June Shelton participated in a Midshipman training cruise which took her to Balboa, C.Z., and terminated in San Francisco at the end of July. She was in drydock there during October and November and, following sea trials, returned to San Diego in January 1950.
Shelton sailed west again on 1 May 1950. When hostilities began in Korea, on 25 June, the destroyer was a unit of Task Force 77 (TF 77), the Striking Force of the 7th Fleet. She served on both coasts of Korea until returning to San Diego on 8 February 1951. After six months in the states, she was on her way back to the war zone in late August. As a fleet destroyer, she served with TF 72, 77, 95, 96, and 97.
Shelton also participated in special bombardment missions. With Helena (CA-75) at Hŭngnam on 25 October, she was taken under fire by enemy shore batteries and sustained one near miss. She was assigned to the bombline with Saint Paul (CA-73) in December; and, for a week, they shelled rail lines, bridges, and other targets of opportunity. In January 1952, they bombarded the Songjin area.
Assigned to TG 95 the following month, Shelton aided in the defense of Yang Do when North Korean forces attempted to land on that island. The action lasted from 01:30 until 11:00 and resulted in the landings being repulsed with heavy losses. Still in the area on the 22d, the destroyer was taken under fire by five communist batteries on the mainland. She sustained four direct hits and approximately 50 near misses. Her losses were 12 casualties and a five-foot hole in the bow, but she silenced the batteries and remained on station for two more days before retiring to Sasebo, Japan for repairs. She then returned to the Korean coast.
Shelton returned to San Diego on 10 April where she began an upkeep period and then conducted local operations until 13 November. On that date, the destroyer sailed for its third tour of duty in the Far East during the Korean War. She arrived at Sasebo on 1 December 1952 for a three-day tender availability before joining TF 77. She operated with that task force for 40 days before entering Yokosuka, Japan for an upkeep period. Ready for sea on 26 January 1953, the destroyer joined the Formosa Patrol. Her next assignment was in Wonsan Harbor for 40 days, after which she again joined TF 95. Her deployment ended on the west coast on 29 June 1953.
From 1953 to 1959, Shelton divided her time between deployments with the 7th Fleet and west coast operations. On her annual deployment in 1957, she rescued 120 passengers from a New Zealand merchant ship.
[edit] 1960 – 1973