USS Valdez (FF-1096) [SEP] vessel class
USS Valdez
USS "Valdez" (FF-1096) is the forty-fifth and was built by Avondale Shipyard, Westwego, Louisiana, and originally designated as an ocean escort (DE-1096). Commissioned in the United States Navy from 1974 to 1991, she was the first U.S. Navy ship to be named for a Spanish-descended American war hero. In 1998, "Valdez" was leased to Taiwan and renamed "Yi Yang" (FF-939).
Namesake.
"Valdez" was named in honor of Hospitalman
- USS "Francis Hammond" (FF-1067)
- USS "Jobb" (DE-707)
- USS "Daniel A. Joy" (DE-585)
- USS "Lester" (DE-1022)
- USS "Liddle" (DE-206)
- USS "Litchfield" (AG-95)
- USS "Thaddeus Parker" (DE-369)
- USS "David R. Ray" (DD-971)
- USS "Henry W. Tucker" (DD-875)
- USS "Valdez" (FF-1096)
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