USS Sarsfield ( DD - 837 ) USS " Sarsfield " ( DD - 837 ) , a , was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named after Eugene S . Sarsfield , an officer and commander of the . He disappeared after the sinking of his ship and was presumed dead on 11 July 1943 . " Sarsfield " was laid down on 15 January 1945 by the Bath Iron Works Co . , Bath , Maine ; launched on 27 May 1945 ; sponsored by Mrs . Eugene S . Sarsfield ; and commissioned at Boston Naval Shipyard on 31 July 1945 , with Commander Hepburn A . Pierce in command . Service history . Initial operations , 1945 – 1959 . After the ship ' s fitting - out was complete , it sailed on 24 August , for Guantanamo Bay , Cuba , and shakedown training . She returned to Boston on 30 September and , after post - shakedown alterations , got underway , on 25 October , for New York and the Navy Day celebration . Following her stay at New York , she participated in training exercises in the Chesapeake Bay - Virginia Capes area until 13 December , when she entered the Brooklyn Navy Yard for installation of some experimental equipment . On 1 February 1946 , " Sarsfield " sailed from New York bound for Key West , Florida . She arrived in Key West on 4 February to begin two decades with the Operational Development Force located there . Attached to the Surface Antisubmarine Development Detachment , Atlantic Fleet , she participated in the testing and evaluation of new weapons and equipment and made periodic training cruises in the Caribbean and in the Gulf of Mexico . In 1950 , the ship helped the new Eastern Test Range out of Cape Canaveral test two U . S . Army Bumpers , which were German V - 2 rockets modified to carry an upper stage . " Sarsfield " was stationed a mile or two from shore for the first , 48 - mile Bumper launch , and tracked it with its Mk . 25 fire director , which provided radar and optical tracking . In addition to the work she did for the Operational Development Force , " Sarsfield " also served the Naval Mine Countermeasures Station at Panama City , Florida , from 9 to 14 February 1947 ; conducted operations for the Underwater Sound Laboratory at New London , Connecticut , from 3 September 1953 until 18 October 1954 ; and operated out of Newport , Rhode Island , between 8 July and 4 August 1955 . In 1956 , she embarked VIPs for ASW demonstrations out of Key West and , in 1957 , underwent overhaul at the Norfolk Navy Yard . On 6 February 1958 , she joined units of Escort Squadron 14 at Charleston , South Carolina , for anti - submarine exercises . Following a cruise as plane guard to carrier in early 1958 , she returned to the Operational Development Force at Key West on 15 February . In the fall of 1958 , " Sarsfield " entered Charleston Naval Shipyard for another overhaul . She departed Charleston on 5 January 1959 and conducted five weeks of refresher training out of Guantanamo Bay , Cuba , after which she returned to Key West and further experimental work . 1960 – 1969 . This employment , testing antisubmarine detection and destruction devices , continued until January 1961 , when she was deployed , with shore bombardment responsibilities , to Guantanamo Bay , Cuba . Later that year , in June , Caribbean unrest again required the Navy to deploy ships . " Sarsfield " cruised off the coast of Hispaniola . In September 1961 , " Sarsfield " took station in the Atlantic as a recovery ship for Project Mercury , the manned space flight program . In January 1962 , she again took station for Project Mercury , this time off the coast of Africa . In August , she entered Boston Naval Shipyard for almost a year of Fleet Rehabilitation and Modernization ( FRAM ) overhaul . Before leaving Boston , in June 1963 , she received several new weapons systems , including ASROC , DASH , long - range , distant air search radar and long - range sonar . From Boston , she sailed to Guantanamo Bay for refresher training ; then , to Charleston for another six months of weapons and sonar modifications . At the completion of these latest alterations , she cruised the Caribbean and then returned to Key West and the Operational Test and Evaluation Detachment . This employment continued until 1966 . On 15 July , she again commenced overhaul , including still more sonar and radar changes . The overhaul was completed on 30 January 1967 ; and , by 7 February , she was back in Key West . " Sarsfield " spent the remainder of the month engaged in refresher training out of Guantanamo Bay , Cuba . In April , she joined for ASW exercises ; then , returned to Key West on 1 May to operate with the Fleet Sonar School . June and July were occupied by fleet exercises and NATO exercise , " Lashout " . On 21 September , " Sarsfield " departed Key West for the Mediterranean and , on 17 December , returned home . In early 1968 , she operated off the Virginia Capes and in the Caribbean . In July 1968 , she deployed to the Middle East . She called at many exotic ports on her voyage along the coasts of Africa and the Indian Ocean littoral . While on this tour of duty , " Sarsfield " also had the unique opportunity to participate in a spontaneous exercise with units of the Imperial Ethiopian Navy and the French Air Force . By 30 December , she was underway for the western hemisphere and , on 10 January 1969 , arrived in Mayport , Florida . " Sarsfield " remained in the western hemisphere for all of 1969 and 1970 . During the first seven months of 1969 , she resumed Caribbean and Atlantic operations . On 28 July , she commenced UNITAS X , an exercise involving elements of the United States , Brazilian , Argentine , Colombian , Chilean , Ecuador ian , Peruvian , Venezuelan and Uruguayan navies . In December , upon the completion of this exercise , during which she visited ports in all the countries named , " Sarsfield " returned to Mayport to prepare for overhaul . 1970 – 1977 . From January to June 1970 , she was at Charleston , South Carolina , undergoing overhaul . In June , she commenced eight weeks of refresher training out of Guantanamo Bay , Cuba ; and , upon completing it , returned to local operations out of Mayport for the rest of the year . In January 1971 , " Sarsfield " again deployed to the Middle East , entering the Indian Ocean in February . Tensions were rising in the region ; the Bangladesh Liberation War broke out in March and led to the war between India and Pakistan in December . By 29 June , she was back at Mayport and resumed normal operations for the rest of 1971 and for the first three months of 1972 . On 13 April 1972 , she got underway for an entirely different deployment . Proceeding via the Panama Canal , she arrived in Subic Bay , Philippines , on 11 May . Throughout the summer , " Sarsfield " plied the waters of the Gulf of Tonkin , first as plane guard for , then , patrolling off Hainan Island . She also participated in shore bombardment missions . She departed the gunline on 12 September ; stopped at Hong Kong for six days of liberty ( 15 to 21 September ) and at Yokosuka , Japan , for four days ( 25 to 29 September ) ; and then , got underway to return to the United States . She entered San Diego on 13 October , transited the Panama Canal on 21 October , and reentered Mayport on the 25th . Upon her return , she resumed local operations out of Mayport . This employment continued until 29 May 1973 , when she weighed anchor to join the 6th Fleet in the Mediterranean . She sailed with the 6th Fleet until 22 September , when she passed through the Straits of Gibraltar to join NATO units in exercises in the Bay of Biscay and in the North Sea . On 10 October , she entered the Firth of Forth and , the next day , berthed at Edinburgh , Scotland . Two days later , at the outbreak of the Arab - Israeli War , she departed Scotland to reenter the Mediterranean with and sped to the eastern end of that sea . After more than a month of uncertainty , " Sarsfield " put into Athens , Greece , on 14 November for a five - day tender and leave period . On 18 November , she was ordered to rejoin " John F . Kennedy " for the voyage back to the United States . She arrived at Mayport on 1 December and spent the rest of 1973 in a standdown and leave status . She remained in port at Mayport , Florida until May 1974 at which time she resumed Atlantic seaboard operations . On 14 June 1974 , in protest of perceived racism on the part of the command , nearly all of the ship ' s minority sailors occupied the fantail and refused orders to handle lines while Sarsfield was attempting a difficult mooring in an off - setting wind at the Charleston Naval Station . After being surrounded by the ship ' s Master - at - Arms force and being individually ordered by the Executive Officer , most of the demonstrating sailors returned to their quarters . Seven of them , however , refused to leave the quarterdeck despite direct orders to do so , and eventually left the ship without authority to do so . The seven sailors were eventually apprehended and originally charged with , among other things , mutiny . They were all eventually convicted of lesser charges in a joint General Courts Martial at NAS Jacksonville , Florida . In the fall of 1974 , Sarsfield departed Mayport , Florida to participate in Northern Merger with NATO units , and enjoyed port visits in Plymouth , England and Edinburgh , Scotland , as well as Lubeck , West Germany . The year 1976 saw gunnery practice in Chesapeake Bay , and a short shipyard period in Charleston , South Carolina . Winter of 1976 - 1977 was the ship ' s last deployment to the Mediterranean as part of the task force . Port visits included Rota , Spain ; Naples , Italy ; Trapani , Sicily ( helping the city recover from a flood ) ; Kalamata , Greece ( American - style hamburger cookout at the local orphanage at Christmas ) ; Sfax , Tunisia ; Palma and Morocco . She anchored off the coast of Egypt with dozens of Russian ships and monitored Russian submarine operations ; as well as extensive operations as part of " Roosevelt " s group . On return to the United States , many Taiwanese sailors joined the crew to learn ship operations before " Sarsfield " was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 1 October 1977 . On the same day she was transferred to the Republic of China ( Taiwan ) . ROCS " Te Yang " ( DDG - 925 ) . The ship served in the Republic of China Navy as ROCS " Te Yang " ( DDG - 925 ) . " Te Yang " was decommissioned on 1 April 2005 at Kaohsiung , Taiwan . On 22 January 2009 , the ship was towed to the Anping Port in Tainan City . It is now a museum ship . Awards . " Sarsfield " earned one battle star for service in the Vietnam War .