USS Macomb

	USS Macomb (DD-458) off Boston in 1942.
History
United States
Name	USS Macomb
Namesake	William H. and David B. Macomb
Builder	Bath Iron Works
Laid down	3 September 1940
Launched	23 September 1941
Commissioned	26 January 1942
Identification	DD-458
Reclassified	DMS-23, 15 November 1944
Decommissioned	19 October 1954
Fate	Transferred to Japan,; 19 October 1954;
Stricken	1 February 1970
Japan
Name	JDS Hatakaze
Acquired	19 October 1954
Identification	DD-182
Fate	Returned to U.S., 1969; sold to Republic of China, 1970
Taiwan
Name	ROCS Hsien Yang
Acquired	1970
Decommissioned	1974
Stricken	Converted to dockside training ship
Identification	DD-16
Fate	Cannibalized for spare parts.
General characteristics
Class & type	Gleaves-class destroyer
Displacement	2,230 tons
Length	348 ft 2 in (106.12 m)
Beam	36 ft 1 in (11.00 m)
Draft	15 ft 8 in (4.78 m)
Propulsion	50,000 shp (37,000 kW);; 4 boilers;; 2 propellers;
Speed	35 knots (65 km/h)
Range	6,500 nmi (12,000 km; 7,500 mi) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement	208
Armament	4 × 5 in (127 mm) DP guns,; 5 × 40 mm AA guns,; 5 × 20 mm AA guns,; 5 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes,; 6 × depth charge projectors,; 2 × depth charge tracks;

USS Macomb (DD-458/DMS-23) was a Gleaves-class destroyer of the United States Navy, named for Commodore William H. Macomb (1818–1872) and Rear Admiral David B. Macomb (1827–1911).

Macomb was laid down on 3 September 1940 by the Bath Iron Works Corp., Bath, Maine and launched on 23 September 1941; cosponsored by Mrs. Ryland W. Greene and her sister, Mrs. Edward H. Chew, granddaughters of Commodore William H. Macomb. The destroyer commissioned on 26 January 1942.