USS Rodman

History
United States
NameUSS Rodman
NamesakeHugh Rodman
BuilderFederal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company
Laid down16 December 1940
Launched26 September 1941
Commissioned29 April 1942
IdentificationDD-456
ReclassifiedDMS-21, 16 December 1944
Decommissioned28 July 1955
FateTransferred to Taiwan, 28 July 1955
Stricken1 November 1972
Taiwan
NameROCS Hsien Yang
Acquired28 July 1955
IdentificationDD-16
Fateran aground, c. 1969; name and pennant number reassigned to former USS Macomb (DD-458); expended for film purposes in 1976
General characteristics
Class & typeGleaves-class destroyer
Displacement1,630 tons
Length348 ft 4 in (106.17 m)
Beam  36 ft (11 m)
Draft  17 ft 5 in (5.31 m)
Propulsion
  • 50,000 shp (37,000 kW);
  • Westinghouse geared turbines
  • 4 boilers;
  • 2 propellers
Speed37 knots (69 km/h)
Range
  • 6,500 nmi (12,000 km; 7,500 mi) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph)
  •   (12,000 km at 22 km/h)
Complement16 officers, 260 enlisted
Armament

USS Rodman (DD-456/DMS-21), a Gleaves-class destroyer, is the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for Admiral Hugh Rodman.

Rodman was laid down on 16 December 1940 by the Federal Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Kearny, New Jersey and launched on 26 September 1941; sponsored by Mrs. Albert K. Stebbins, Jr., grandniece of Admiral Rodman. The destroyer was commissioned on 27 January 1942.

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