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DE 579 USS RILEY

CLASS: Rudderow TYPE: TEV (turbo-electric drive, long hull, 5" guns)
Displacement: 1,450 tons (std) 1,810 tons (full) Dimensions: 306' (oa), 300' (wl) x 36' 11.5" x 13' 9" (max)
Armament: 2-5"/38 Mk30, 4 (2x2) 40mm Mk1 AA, 10 x 20mm/70 Mk 4 AA, 3 x 21" Mk15 TT (3x1),
1 Hedgehog Projector Mk10 (230 rounds), 8 Mk6 depth charge projectors (40), 2 Mk9 depth charge tracks (60)
Machinery: 2 CE boilers, G.E. turbines with electric drive, 12000 shp, 2 screws
Speed: 24 knots Range: 5,050 nm @ 12 knots Crew: 12 / 192

Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Bethlehem Hingham, Hingham MA. on 20 October 1943, Launched 29 December 1943
Commissioned 13 March 1944, Decommissioned 15 January 1947
Stricken 25 January 1974
Fate: Transferred to Taiwan 10 July 1968, renamed Tai Yuan (F-27)
Renamed Tai Yuan.
Stricken in 1996 and broken up for scrap.

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Riley 23k undated wartime image US Navy photo
Riley 28k undated wartime image US Navy photo
Riley 46k Leaving dock at Astoria, OR being towed by the M/V Seaborn II, ex-USS PC-1601 "on the hip." c. 1958. Photo courtesy of CAPT Donald Hughes, Columbia River Pilots Association.
Contributed by: Bob Daly/PC-1181
Riley 42k Leaving dock at Astoria, OR being towed by the M/V Seaborn II, ex-USS PC-1601 "on the hip." c. 1958. Photo courtesy of CAPT Donald Hughes, Columbia River Pilots Association.
Contributed by: Bob Daly/PC-1181

USS RILEY DE- 579 History
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Crew Contact And Reunion Information

None Located
Contact Name: None
Address: None
Phone: None
E-mail: None


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