USS Taylor (DD/DDE-468) was a Fletcher -class destroyer of the United States Navy, named for Rear Admiral William Rogers Taylor (1811–1889). She was laid down on 28 August 1941 at Bath, Maine, by the Bath Iron Works Corp.; launched on 7 June 1942, sponsored by Mrs. H. A. Baldridge; and commissioned on 28 August 1942 at the Charlestown Navy ...

USS Taylor (FFG-50), an Oliver Hazard Perry -class frigate, was a ship of the United States Navy named for Commander Jesse J. Taylor (1925–1965), a naval aviator who was awarded the Navy Cross posthumously for his heroism in the Vietnam War.

The legendary World War II destroyer USS Taylor (DD 468) distinguished herself yet again in battle, this time in Korean waters as DDE 468. Her duties and accomplishments were many during the Korean War, and included screening aircraft carriers, providing cover for minesweeping operations, shore bombardment, and search and rescue operations.

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During her Vietnam War years, Taylor had four deployments to Vietnam, which would prove to be her last as a unit of the U.S. Navy. USS Taylor (DD 468) was decommissioned on 2 July 1969 and stricken from the Navy list after 27 years of service from World War II to the Vietnam War.

The Taylor Sailors site honors all who served on the USS Taylor (DD/DDE 468) from 1942–69. Message boards, directories & reunion information.

A lucky ship, USS Taylor, DD (later DDE) 468 earned 15 battle stars through three years of hazardous service in every major Southwest Pacific campaign from the Solomon Islands to Tokyo Bay, from which she emerged without casualties and nearly without a scratch.

2015年5月8日 · As the U.S. Navy and Mayport welcome in the frigate's replacement, the littoral combat ship and fast frigate, the USS Taylor and three other Oliver Hazard-Perry class frigates will be sold to...

History of USS TAYLOR (DD/DDE 468) — 1941–1969 USS Taylor DD/DDE 468 was a FletCher class destroyer. Thus, the history of the Taylor begins with the history of the FletCher class destroyers. But before we begin this history, we need to review various Naval Treaties of the 1920’s and 1930’s.

Named for the Civil War-era officer, later Rear Admiral William Rogers Taylor, she was commissioned at Boston Navy Yard 28 August 1942, exactly a year after she was laid down—the ninth 2,100-ton Fletcher -class destroyer and the fifth from Bath Iron Works. Under LCdr.