USS Twining

Fletcher class destroyer

USS Twining (DD 540), a , was a ship of the United States Navy named for Rear Admiral Nathan C. Twining (1869–1924).

Twining was laid down on 20 November 1942 at San Francisco, California, by the Bethlehem Steel Co.; launched on 11 July 1943, sponsored by Mrs. S. B. D. Wood; and commissioned on 1 December 1943.

Twining departed San Francisco on 21 December for shakedown training and completed the cruise at San Diego on Christmas Day. Following exercises out of that port, she returned to San Francisco; loaded passengers and cargo; and got underway on 11 February 1944. She was decommissioned and stricken from the Navy List on 1 July 1971 and was sold on 16 August 1971 to the Republic of China. On 28 November 1979, the Ministry of National Defense pointed out that in the Ziqiang 4 exercise, standard missile firing. Twice, the first one fell into the sea after the launch due to the failure of the internal seekerhead fired by the missile. The commercial GD company admitted that it was a product management error and has agreed to pay 315,000 US dollars in full. it was gradually modified to ship weapon systems. In 1980, the serial number was changed to DD 956. Later in the mid 1980s, it was changed to DDG 908. She was decommissioned and stricken on 16 July 1999. The ship was later towed out to sea to be sunk as target off Yilan. Her mast, anchor, and a single propeller are preserved at Yizheng Park, Keelung. One of her CR 201 Trainable Chaff Rocket Launcher and one single 5 inch gun are on display at the New Taipei City Weapon Park (新北市武器公園).

Twining received eight battle stars for World War II service and five for Korean War service.