USS Hamner ( DD - 718 ) USS " Hamner " ( DD - 718 ) was a in the United States Navy during the Korean War and the Vietnam War . She was named for Henry Rawlings Hamner . " Hamner " was launched on 24 November 1945 by the Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company , Port Newark , New Jersey ; sponsored by Mrs . Henry Rawlings Hamner , wife of Lt . Hamner ; and commissioned on 12 July 1946 , Commander Joseph B . Swain in command . Service history . Pacific Fleet , 1945 – 1950 . After shakedown in the Caribbean Sea , " Hamner " reported to the Pacific Fleet on 24 December 1946 and immediately departed for her first deployment with the 7th Fleet . The destroyer spent nine months operating with Destroyer Division 111 out of various Chinese and Japan ese ports before returning to the States for six months of training operations . " Hamner " followed this pattern of cruises until hostilities began in Korea on 24 June 1950 . Korea 1950 – 1953 . Deployed in the Far East at the time , " Hamner " sailed to the Korean coast and began shore bombardment of Communist positions and supply lines . After participating in the evacuation of Yongdok and the defense of Pohang Dong , " Hamner " joined Task Force 77 for the amphibious operations against Inchon on 15 September 1950 . After operating along the Korean coast to screen aircraft carrier s whose planes were pounding Communist troops , " Hamner " returned to the States in March 1951 . She was back on line in October 1951 and continued to patrol waters surrounding the peninsula with various task forces and bombardment groups , effectively damaging and checking the enemy . In March 1952 she spent five weeks on shore bombardment off the east coast of Korea near Kojo causing much damage to the enemy . Returning to the States in May 1952 , " Hamner " resumed her duties along the Korean coast on 2 January 1953 , remaining there on the bombline , at the siege of Wonsan Harbor , and on Formosa patrol until the of 27 July 1953 . Pacific Fleet , 1953 – 1963 . " Hamner " returned to the Western Pacific every year thereafter visiting ports in Korea , Japan , Taiwan , the Philippines , and Australia ( arrival 2 August 1956 in Brisbane and arrival 6 Oct 1957 in Melbourne ) and , and 1959 . The destroyer made many good - will visits to Asian ports and engaged in exercises and Formosa patrol . She arrived off Taiwan for six weeks duty with the Taiwan Patrol Force on 31 December 1958 , just after another flareup of the Quemoy - Matsu crisis . When not deployed in the Pacific , " Hamner " trained out of San Diego , California . Entering the San Francisco Ship Yard in January 1962 , she underwent a Fleet Rehabilitation and Modernization ( FRAM ) overhaul designed to add 10 to 20 years to her operating efficiency . Fitted with a new superstructure and the Navy ' s most modern electronic equipment , " Hamner " left the shipyard on 5 December 1962 and , after training , sailed for her 13th WestPac cruise on 18 May 1963 . During this cruise she was part of the ready amphibious group in South Vietnam coastal waters in September . Vietnam , 1965 – 1966 . " Hamner " returned to San Diego on 24 November . She operated along the West Coast throughout 1964 and sailed again for the Orient on 5 January 1965 . Arriving Subic Bay on the 27th , she escorted aircraft carrier to the Gulf of Tonkin . On 15 March she joined aircraft carrier in " Yankee Team " operations . On 10 May she headed north to cover Seabee landings at Chu Lai . " Operation Market Time " began five days later and on the 20th " Hamner " shelled Communist positions in South Vietnam in the first scheduled shore bombardment by the U . S . Nayy since the Korean War . Thereafter she screened " Coral Sea " , bombarded the Trung Phan area on 25 June , and covered the landing of Marines from at Qui Nhon on 1 July . As mid - July approached , the destroyer headed home , reaching San Francisco on the 26th . Overhaul at Hunter ' s Point and operations off the West Coast occupied the next year . " Hamner " got underway for her 14th WestPac deployment on 2 July 1966 . Late in the month she bombarded South Vietnam . Following patrol duty , she steamed up the Song Long Tao River to shell the Rung Sat Special Zone . " Hamner " joined TG 77 . 6 as plane guard for on 1 October and continued this duty until receiving an emergency call from the carrier at 0730 on the 26th " I am on fire . " Speeding alongside , for hours " Hamner " sprayed cooling water on her charred and buckled bulkheads . After the fight to save the ship had been won , Hammer escorted her to Subic Bay for repairs . Returning to the gunline off Vietnam on 6 November , the destroyer spent two weeks in " Operation Traffic Cop " , shelling Communist junks bringing arms and supplies to the Viet Cong . Within a fortnight , " Hamner " had destroyed 67 craft . On 14 November and 19 November shore batteries fired on " Hamner " , and . Although several rounds sprayed the destroyers with shrapnel , neither ship was damaged . On each occasion the American ships moved just outside range of the enemy guns and hammered the Communist batteries to silence . Leaving the gunline on 20 November , a month and a day later , " Hamner " reached San Diego . Decommissioning and sale . She was decommissioned in the 1970s and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 1 October 1979 . She was sold to Taiwan on 17 December 1980 , and renamed ROCS " Yun Yang " . She was reclassified as Guided Missile Destroyer ( DDG - 927 ) . " Yun Yang " was decommissioned on 16 December 2003 . She was sunk by as a target off Ping Tung on 6 September 2005 . Note : " Jane ' s Fighting Ships " and " Register of US Ships of the US Navy 1775 - 1990 " said that " Hamner " became ROCS " Chao Yang " reclassified as Guide Missile Destroyer ( DDG - 927 ) . Awards . " Hamner " was awarded five battle stars as well as a Presidential Unit Citation for her outstanding service in Korea . As of 2006 , no other ship in the United States Navy has been named " Hamner " .