USS Raymon W. Herndon
Raymon W. Herndon underway circa 1944 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USS Raymon W. Herndon |
| Namesake | Raymon W. Herndon |
| Builder | Bethlehem Steel Company, Quincy, Massachusetts |
| Laid down | 12 June 1944 as Rudderow-class destroyer escort Raymon W. Herndon |
| Launched | 15 July 1944 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. Raymon W. Herndon |
| Identification | DE-688 |
| Commissioned | 3 November 1944 |
| Decommissioned | 15 November 1946 |
| Reclassified | APD-121, 17 July 1944 |
| Stricken | 1 September 1966 |
| Honors & awards | One battle star for World War II service |
| Fate | Transferred to the Republic of China, October 1966 |
| Taiwan | |
| Name | ROCS Heng Shan |
| Acquired | October 1966 |
| Identification | DE-39 |
| Reclassified | PF-39 |
| Stricken | 1976 |
| Fate | Scrapped |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Crosley-class high speed transport |
| Displacement | 2,130 long tons (2,164 t) full |
| Length | 306 ft (93 m) |
| Beam | 37 ft (11 m) |
| Draft | 12 ft 7 in (3.84 m) |
| Speed | 23 knots (43 km/h; 26 mph) |
| Troops | 162 |
| Complement | 204 |
| Armament |
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USS Raymon W. Herndon (APD-121), ex-DE-688, was a United States Navy high-speed transport in commission from 1944 to 1946.