USS Haynsworth ( DD - 700 ) USS " Haynsworth " ( DD - 700 ) , an " Allen M . Sumner " - class destroyer , was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Commander William M . Haynsworth , Jr . , the commander of the , when it accidentally collided with " Chemung " . The resulting collision caused " Ingraham " s depth charges to explode while still on her stern . The explosion resulted in the loss of the entire crew except for one officer and ten enlisted . " Haynsworth " was launched 15 April 1944 by the Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock Co . , Kearny , New Jersey ; sponsored by Mrs . Haynsworth , widow of Commander Haynsworth ; and commissioned 22 June 1944 , Commander Robert Brodie , Jr . , in command . Service history . United States Navy . After shakedown in the Caribbean , " Haynsworth " departed New York on 20 September 1944 escorting " Queen Mary " with Prime Minister Winston Churchill on board . Rendezvousing with British escorts , she returned to New York and sailed on 26 September via the Panama Canal Zone and San Pedro , arriving Pearl Harbor on 20 October . " Haynsworth " sailed on 16 December for Ulithi and joined Vice Admiral John McCain ' s Fast Carrier Task Force 38 for the final assaults on the Japanese . During the next 3 months , she operated with the 3rd and 5th Fleets as part of the screen for the Fast Carrier Task Force . Their primary mission was to conduct air strikes against strategic Japanese positions along the China coast , and Formosa , and to harass enemy shipping during the landings at Luzon on 9 January 1945 . The day after the invasion was launched , Task Force 38 moved into the South China Sea and conducted raids on the China coast and Indochina , doing much damage to the enemy . Launching one final raid against Okinawa , " Haynsworth " retired to Ulithi on 26 January . She sortied on 10 February with Admiral Marc Mitscher ' s Task Force 58 for strikes against airfields , factories , and shipping in the Tokyo area . Heavy fighter sweeps were launched on 16 February to cover the airfields around Tokyo Bay . Despite heavy weather with low ceiling , most of the target areas were effectively neutralized . During the afternoon , three Japanese picket boats that had evaded detection in thick fog were spotted by " Haynsworth " and promptly sunk , taking 12 prisoners . In addition to damaging aircraft frame and engine plants , a number of ships and small craft were attacked and sunk in Tokyo Bay , the biggest prize being the 10 , 600 - ton " Yamashiro Maru " . As the Pacific war approached its climax , " Haynsworth " again sailed from Ulithi for further strikes against Japan . Massive air attacks were launched against airfields on Kyushu and ships in the Inland Sea 18 and 19 March , inflicting heavy damage on the dwindling Japanese air and sea power . After participating in the bombardment of enemy shore positions on Minami Daito Shima 28 March , she sailed for Okinawa . Landings were made on the Japanese fortress 1 April , with Task Force 58 providing support , and Haynsworth frequently aiding in the destruction of enemy aircraft during the many attacks , where " the fleet had come to stay . " Only after she was crashed by a kamikaze 6 April did she have to retire to Mare Island via Ulithi for repairs . After repairs " Haynsworth " had duty at Treasure Island , California , as a training ship from 17 July to 5 September . After several months of operations at Pearl Harbor , she sailed for the east coast 14 January 1946 , reaching Boston 26 April for a year in the Reserve Fleet . Returning to active service in March 1947 , " Haynsworth " based her operations from Algiers , La . , conducting reserve training cruises in the Gulf and in the Caribbean until the summer of 1949 . " Haynsworth " sailed 6 September 1949 for her first duty with the 6th Fleet in the Mediterranean , returning to Norfolk 7 February 1950 . She arrived Charleston 10 days later , decommissioned there 19 May and joined the Reserve Fleet . With the expansion of operations due to the Korean War , " Haynsworth " recommissioned at Charleston 22 September 1950 , Commander Herbert F . Rommel in command . Following training and operations along the East Coast and in the Caribbean she sailed 3 September 1951 for duty in the Mediterranean . After more operations on the East Coast and in the Caribbean , and a Midshipman cruise to the North Atlantic , " Haynsworth " sailed from Norfolk on 2 November 1953 for a round - the - world cruise . While in the Pacific she was assigned duty for 4 months in the Far East with the 7th Fleet , a vital peace - keeping force in that part of the world . While conducting night antisubmarine exercises off Pusan on or around 23 December 1953 , " Haynsworth " collided with , killing a sailor on board " Haynsworth " and damaging her bow . The accident required both ships to proceed to Yokosuka for repairs . " Haynsworth " returned to Norfolk 4 June 1954 to resume her support of the 6th Fleet . In 1958 , with the Suez crisis still unsettled , Navy units stood by in the eastern Mediterranean and evacuated U . S . nationals from Egypt . " Haynsworth " aided the Navy ' s preparedness in the event of any conflict . Between 1956 and 1960 , she made five deployments to the Mediterranean , supporting the Navy ' s peacekeeping role and keeping a watchful eye on the troubled spots of the free world . In 1959 , " Haynsworth " took part in the historic Operation Inland Seas , commemorating the opening of the mighty St . Lawrence Seaway , steaming up the St . Lawrence to Montreal . Late in 1961 , while in the Mediterranean , " Haynsworth " delivered emergency food rations to flood - ravaged Africa , and on 3 October 1962 , she stood by off Cape Canaveral as a rescue ship and witnessed the take off of astronaut Comdr . Walter Schirra on his historic six - orbital flight . Later that month , under much more serious circumstances , she hastened to the Caribbean and participated in the naval quarantine of Cuba , during the Cuban Missile Crisis . In February 1963 , " Haynsworth " deployed to the Mediterranean , the Red Sea , and the Gulf of Aden for operations with the 6th Fleet . After returning to Norfolk , she embarked midshipmen for an Atlantic cruise from 1 August to 10 September ; then underwent overhaul at New Orleans , and Orange , Texas , before arriving Galveston on 28 February 1964 to begin duty as a Naval Reserve training ship . After being assigned to Reserve Destroyer Squadron 34 , " Haynsworth " operated out of Galveston while providing valuable on board training facilities for hundreds of Naval Reservists . Manned by a nucleus crew , she steamed to ports along the Gulf and Atlantic coasts , and numerous training cruises carried her into the Caribbean . Taiwanese Navy . On 12 May 1970 , " Haynsworth " was transferred to Taiwan and renamed " Yuen Yang " . " Yuen Yang " served for almost 30 more years before being decommissioned on 6 January 1999 and sunk as a target on 13 October 2001 .