USS Kimberly (DD-521) was a in service with the United States Navy from 1943 to 1947, then from 1951 to 1954. In 1967, she was transferred to the Republic of China Navy where she served as ROCS An Yang (DD-18/DDG-918) until 1999. The destroyer was sunk as a target in 2003. Construction and career Kimberly was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named after Rear Admiral Lewis A. Kimberly (1838–1902) an officer in the United States Navy during the American Civil War. She was launched 4 February 1943, by Bethlehem Steel Co., Staten Island, New York (state), sponsored by Miss Elsie S Kimberly, daughter of Admiral Kimberly and commissioned 22 May 1943. Service in the United States Navy After shakedown Kimberly cleared Norfolk 10 September 1943, and steamed to the Pacific. After working up at Pearl Harbor, she arrived off Makin 20 November. Throughout the Gilbert Islands campaign, the destroyer served in ASW screen and supported Marines with naval gunfire support. Kimberly departed Tarawa 6 December for the West Coast. After repairs at San Francisco, she sailed 22 January 1944, for the Aleutian Islands. Operating with Rear Admiral Wilder D. Baker's Task Force 94 (TF 94), the destroyer departed Attu 1 February to shell antiaircraft batteries. Kimberly remained in the Aleutians for 7 months on ASW patrols, shore bombardment and training exercises, before steaming toward San Francisco on 18 September. As the tempo of the Pacific war increased, Kimberly arrived at Manus, Admiralty Islands, to prepare for her roles in the Philippines campaign. On 10 November she departed escorting a supply convoy to Leyte Gulf, carrying material to replenish allied forces there. On the evening of 21 December, while Kimberly escorted another convoy to Mangarin Bay, Mindoro, Japanese suicide planes attacked the American ships. During the 2-hour battle, Kimberly's claimed one aircraft and assisted in shooting down two others. After the attack, the convoy proceeded to Mangarin Bay bringing men and material for the construction of an airstrip and a PT-boat base to support the invasion of Luzon. The destroyer left Leyte 2 January 1945, screening a preinvasion battleship group. En route, during a kamikaze attack, the destroyer claimed another kill. Arriving off Lingayen Gulf 6 January, the bombardment group was immediately placed on alert to ward off the enemy suicide pilots. That day Kimberly claimed two more aircraft. For the remainder of the month, she