- USS Truxtun
Six ships of the
United States Navy have been named USS "Truxtun", after the early naval heroThomas Truxtun .* The first USS|Truxtun|1842|6 was a
brig launched in 1842 and destroyed after running aground offMexico in 1846.* The second USS|Truxtun|DD-14 was a
destroyer in service from 1902 to 1919.* The third USS|Truxtun|DD-229 was a
destroyer in service commissioned in 1921 that ran aground and sank in 1942.* The fourth USS|Truxtun|APD-98 was laid down as a
destroyer escort DE-282 in 1943, but completed as a high-speed transport in 1945, later transferred toTaiwan and renamed ROCS "Fu Shan".* The fifth USS|Truxtun|CGN-35, originally guided missile
destroyer leader DLGN-35, was aguided missile cruiser that served in the U.S. Navy from 1967 to 1995.* The sixth USS|Truxtun|DDG-103 is an "Arleigh Burke"-class destroyer, launched in 2007.
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