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DD-782 USS ROWAN


Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign - NTFJ

Tactical Voice Radio Call Sign (circa 1968) - VICAR

CLASS - GEARING As Built.
Displacement 3460 Tons (Full), Dimensions, 390' 6"(oa) x 40' 10" x 14' 4" (Max)
Armament 6 x 5"/38AA (3x2), 12 x 40mm AA, 11 x 20mm AA, 10 x 21" tt.(2x5).
Machinery, 60,000 SHP; General Electric Geared Turbines, 2 screws
Speed, 36.8 Knots, Range 4500 NM@ 20 Knots, Crew 336.
Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Todd Shipyards, Seattle. March 25 1944.
Launched December 29 1944 and commissioned March 31 1945.
Decommissioned (?).
Stricken January 30 1976.
To Taiwan June 10 1977, renamed Chao Yang.
Fate Lost while under tow to Taiwan August 22 1977.

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Rowan 51kPhoto #: NH 46119, Rear Admiral Stephen C. Rowan, USN photographed circa 1869. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.Tony Cowart
Rowan 204kUndated, location unknown.-
Rowan 108kUndated, location unknown.Randy Kimes
Rowan 63kUndated postcard.Mike Smolinski
Rowan 136kVCharles Whitesitt
Rowan 143kUndated, location unknown.Charles Whitesitt
Rowan 106kOfficial USN photograph, USN 1038750, undated. from US Naval Photographic Center, US Naval Station, Washington DC. Caption on back reads: Aerial oblique of the USS Rowan (DD 782) acting as plane guard for the USS Ranger (CVA 61) while enroute for California.David Buell
Rowan 129kInchon Invasion, September 1950, USS Rowan (DD-782) silhouetted against the sun on 14 September 1950, as she escorts USS Mt. McKinley (AGC-7) off the Korean coast en route to Inchon. Official U.S. Army Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.Fred Weiss
Rowan 160kPhoto #: NH 103506, USS Rowan (DD-782) underway during the later 1940s or early 1950s. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.Tony Cowart
Rowan 95kSydney, Australia in November 1957, Sydney Harbor Bridge in the background. The ship is approaching Garden Island, a RAN facility at the time (maybe still is). The land directly above the Rowan's bow and to the left of the Bridge is where the Sydney Opera House now stands. The Rowan was the flagship ("SquadDog" we called it) of DesRon 5/DesDiv 51. Note the Squadron V emblem on the forward stack.Tom Keaveny
Rowan 97kAugust 1958, off South America on plane guard duties. Taken from USS Ranger (CVA-61) with FJ-4 Furies ready for launch in the foreground.Tom Keaveny
Rowan 139kAugust 17 1958, photo USN 1038753. High oblique, USS Rowan (DD 782), while operating with the super carrier USS Ranger (CVA 61) enroute to California.David Buell
Rowan 81kOff the coast of California 18 August 1958. USN photo.Ed Velasquez
Rowan 70kUSS Rowan (DD-405) in harbour, circa the middle or later 1950s or early 1960s. Print made by the USS Piedmont (AD-17) photo lab (USN Photo No NH 103505).Robert Hurst
Rowan 185kCirca 1964-1965, location unknown.Fabio Peņa
Rowan 106kPhoto #: NH 103508-KN, USS Rowan (DD-782) underway in the western Pacific, circa early 1965. USS Coral Sea (CVA-43) is in the right distance. Taken by Photographer's Mate First Class Fleeson. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.Tony Cowart
Rowan 108kPhoto #: NH 103509-KN, USS Rowan (DD-782) underway in the western Pacific, circa early 1965. Taken by Photographer's Mate First Class Fleeson. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.Tony Cowart
Rowan 129kPhoto #: NH 103510-KN, USS Rowan (DD-782) underway in the western Pacific, circa early 1965. Taken by Photographer's Mate First Class Fleeson. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.Tony Cowart
Rowan 112kPhoto #: NH 103511, USS Rowan (DD-782) underway off the coast of Hawaii, October 1967. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.Tony Cowart
Rowan 108kPhoto #: NH 103512, USS Rowan (DD-782) underway off San Diego, California, 18 March 1969. Taken by Photographer's Mate Second Class A. Cuellar. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.Tony Cowart
Rowan 46kShip's patch.Mike Smolinski
Rowan 24kShip's patch.Mike Smolinski

USS ROWAN DD-782 History
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Crew Contact And Reunion Information

Contact Name: Loren R. Melton FTCM USN (Ret)
Address: 1491 Park Ave., Port Hueneme, CA 93041-2400
Phone: (805) 483 0566, FAX (805) 240-4675
E-mail: iceburg72@msn.com
Next reunion: Charleston SC October 1-5 2003

Note About Contacts.

The contact listed, Was the contact at the time for this ship when located. If another person now is the contact, E-mail me and I will update this entry. These contacts are compiled from various sources over a long period of time and may or may not be correct. Every effort has been made to list the newest contact if more than one contact was found.


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