The USS Sarsfield is a WWII-era destroyer that has had a long and interesting career, ending up all the way across the Pacific on the west coast of Taiwan and renamed the ROCS Te Yang.
The Te Yang, as it's now known, has its own park. Of all the many museum ship tours I've done, this was by far the most crowded. I think there might have been more people here than all the people I've ever seen on every other museum ship combined.
In case of biological or nuclear attack, these pipes would spray the outside of the ship with a mist, using seawater, to help decontaminate the superstructure and deck.
One of the most fascinating aspects of the Te Yang is that, due to its long service, it has gone through several refits with updated technology, like this helipad which was installed in the late '50s.
In the late 50s the Sarsfield underwent an extensive modernization program. The superstructure was heavily modified, and throughout the ship modifications were made to convert it to primarily an antisubmarine ship.
If you've looked at these images and marveled at what good shape the ship is in, it's because it went through an extensive and elaborate cleanup before becoming a museum ship.
Published:Caption:Geoffrey MorrisonPhoto:Naval History and Heritage Command
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From front to back, the Colombian destroyer ARC Almirante Tono (formally the USS Bassett), the Sarsfield, and the USS Taussig during UNITAS exercises in 1969.
