USS
Twining
DD540
Twining
departing San Diego -
abt 1958 - Point Loma in background.
Twining (DD-540) keel was laid down on 20 November 1942 at San
Francisco, Calif., by the Bethlehem Steel Co.; launched 11 July 1943, sponsored by Mrs. Sanford B. Dole Wood; and commissioned 1 December 1943, Cmdr. Ellis Kerr Wakefield in command. She was decommissioned and stricken from the Navy list on 1 July 1971 and was sold on 16 August 1971 to Taiwan for use by the Chinese Nationalist Navy under the name of;
Kuei Yang DDG 908
Final Pictures ?? (Maybe not! ) Updated Mar 10, 2003
Kuei Yang Memorial
Kuei Yang DDG-908 - naval reserved area in Kaoshiung - Taiwan --- Updated 16 Sept. 2010
Support Those Serving Our Country
Rita Murray's new Twining webpage.......
You may have to copy/paste this link into your browser address box;
http://home.comcast.net/~usstwiningdd540/site/?/home/
Reunion 2012 advanced information
Joe (Edd) Jones, Sonar Technician, WestPac Cruise 1962-63, of Charlotte, North
Carolina has agreed to be your host for the 2012 Reunion. He has begun great plans
for us to meet in late September or early October 2012. One of Joe's great ideas is to
have a packet available for shipmates who are unable to attend for a small fee. It would
include all materials that the attendees receive as well as some reunion memories.
CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA in late September or early October
Some interesting sites, ships, museums and Fort Sumter are located in Charleston. We
may have dinner aboard the USS Yorktown depending on availability and cost factors.
Below are some websites for you to check out.
www.patriotspoint.org/ Patriots Point has the USS Laffey destroyer, USS Yorktown
aircraft carrier, and a WWII submarine are moored here.
www.nps.gov/fosu/ Fort Sumter -home of the start of the Civil War.
Friends of the Hunley This is the website for learning more about the HL Hunley, the
Confederate submarine sunk off the Carolina coast during the Civil War and now on
display in Charleston
www.charlestoncvb.com/Things-To-Do Check out all the attractions in Charleston.
You may want to extend your stay.
USS Twining Cap and Patch - Revised; 3 March 2008
Pictures of Twining Reunion 2006 - San Diego, Ca.
10-20-06, Reunion pictures posted
Twining Scuttlebutt Lounge c- Feb 26, 2006
Leave a message for your old shipmates.Navy Emporium Twining Guestbook - Linked 3 Apr 2010
http://youtube.com/watch?v=HqNEJpKMnzE -added 3 July 2008
TWINING VIDEO: At time 1:43 you will see the USS Twining DD540 pass briefly
in the background of the above Youtube video of the USS Los Angeles CA 135
WANTED: Does anyone have or know of film footage of the USS Twining DD540?
If so, please contact Glenn @ Email------twining_dd540@yahoo.com
Twining Roster
Past Reunions
Twining History
Twining Pictures
Twining Honor Roll - Shipmates who have departed on their Final Journey .
Twining Action Reports
Twining Sea Stories
Roger Myers Twining Diary - Updated 27 Dec. 2008
Frank Hudson Pictures- Twining Reunion 2002
Harold Minor PageMike Snavely Assignment 1963 - added 2 Apr 2010
Mike Snavely thought you might enjoy the following video;
http://www.solentwaters.co.uk/Videos/roughseas.html--
