Taiwanese frigate (ex-BDE-6 1942-1943, USS Wyffels DE-6 1943-1945) Tai Kang 1945-1972

US Everarts-class.  ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

US Buckley-class.  ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Tai Kang. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Former American Evarts-class destroyer escort succeeded by Buckley-class. Ordered as BDE-6, laid down by Boston Navy Yard on 17 October 1942, launched on 7 December 1942, reclassified as DE-6 on 25 January 1943, renamed Wyffels on 19 February 1943, commissioned on 15 April 1943, decommissioned and handed over to the Republic of China on 28 August 1945, renamed Tai Kang, stricken from the uS Navy List on 12 March and sold to be broken up in 1972.