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USS JAMES E. KYES (DD-787)


Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign - NTVZ

Tactical Voice Radio Call Sign (circa 1968) - TWISTER

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. December 27 1944.
Launched August 4 1945 and commissioned February 8 1946.
Decommissioned (?).
Stricken March 31 1973.
To Taiwan April 18 1973, renamed Chien Yang.
Reclassified as Guided Missile Destroyer DDG-912.
Fate Decommissioned December 1, 2004 at Tsoying Naval Base, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
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Kyes 83kUndated, steaming past San Clemente Island near Long Beach.Chet Bennet / Ken Schaler
Kyes 49kUndated, location unknown.David A. Picht
Kyes 92kUndated, location unknown.David A. Picht
Kyes 78kUndated postcard Copyright © Marine Photos, San Diego, CA.Mike Smolinski
Kyes 111kUndated postcard.David A. Picht
Kyes 42kJames E. Kyes off the coast of the Republic of Korea, circa 1957.Donald J. Wagner
Kyes 46kShip's patch.Mike Smolinski
Kyes 166kShip's patch.David A. Picht
On Taiwanese Service
Kyes 102kKeelung, Taiwan in 2003.Michael from Taiwan
Kyes 95kKeelung, Taiwan April 27 2003.Michael from Taiwan
Kyes 103kKeelung, Taiwan April 27 2003.Michael from Taiwan
Kyes 99kKeelung, Taiwan August 16 2003.Michael from Taiwan
Kyes 90kAugust 16 2003.Michael from Taiwan
USS JAMES E. KYES DD-787 History
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Crew Contact And Reunion Information
Contact Name: Dan Garland
Address: 21450 Edgecliff Drive, Euclid, OH 44123
Phone: (216)731-3877
E-mail: None

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.
Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
Tin Can Sailors Website
Destroyer History Foundation
Destroyers Online Website
Official U.S.Navy Destroyer Website

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