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USS Hilary P. Jones (DD 427)

Destroyer of the Benson / Gleaves class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeDestroyer
ClassBenson / Gleaves 
PennantDD 427 
Built byCharleston Navy Yard (Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down16 May, 1938 
Launched14 Dec, 1939 
Commissioned7 Sep, 1940 
End service6 Feb, 1947 
Loss position
 
HistoryDecommissioned 6 February 1947.
Transferred to Taiwan 26 February 1954 and renamed Han Yang.
Han Yang was stricken 1 November 1974 and broken up for scrap. 

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