Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Five ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Truxtun, after the early naval hero Thomas Truxtun. The first Truxtun was a brig launched in 1842 and destroyed after running aground off Mexico in 1846. The second Truxtun (DD-14) was a destroyer in service from 1902 to 1919. The third Truxtun (DD-229) was a destroyer in service commissioned in 1921 and accidently wrecked in 1942. The fourth Truxtun (APD-98) was laid down as a destroyer escort DE-282 in 1943, but completed as a high-speed transport in 1945, later transferred to Taiwan and renamed Fu Shan. The fifth Truxtun (CGN-35), originally DLGN-35, was a guided missile cruiser. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.