the sinking of Voyager on 10 February 1964, the United States offered Twining to Australia along with sister ship as a temporary replacement. The Royal Australian Navy instead accepted the British Royal Navy's offer of the Daring class destroyer , which was of the same class as Voyager. She was decommissioned and stricken from the Navy List on 1 July 1971 and was sold on 16 August 1971 to the Republic of China. Service in the Republic of China The ship served in the Republic of China Navy on 16 August 1971 and under the name of ROCS Kwei Yang (DDG-908). The ship alongside Heng Yang and Hua Yang were in Penghu on May 13, 1972. Participating in the Thunder Exercise in the sea is part of the Huaxing Exercise. The exercise area is in Maoyu, Huaxing, off Penghu. In the waters near Yu and Caoyu, depth charges were first deployed in the form of anti-submarine tactics. The 5-inch guns of the Qing Yang carried out live-firing exercises such as target shooting, anti-speed boating, and shore bombardment. During the two-hour exercise, naval officers and soldiers the operation of various weapons, launching and accurately hitting the target performance. In the middle, it shows the high morale of officers and soldiers, solid training, and incomparable confidence in victory. On 28 November 1979, the Ministry of National Defense pointed out that in the Ziqiang 4 exercise, standard missile firing. Twice, the first one fell into the sea after the launch due to the failure of the internal seekerhead fired by the missile. The commercial GD company admitted that it was a product management error and has agreed to pay 315,000 US dollars in full. it was gradually modified to ship weapon systems. In 1980, the serial number was changed to DD-956. Later in the mid-1980s, it was changed to DDG-908. She was decommissioned and stricken on 16 July 1999. The ship was later towed out to sea to be sunk as target off Yilan. Her mast, anchor, and a single propeller are preserved at Yizheng Park, Keelung. One of her CR-201 Trainable Chaff Rocket Launcher and one single 5-inch gun are on display at the New Taipei City Weapon Park (新北市武器公園). Awards Twining'' received eight battle stars for World War II service and five for Korean War service. References External links USS Twining website at Destroyer History Foundation hazegray.org: USS Twining Fletcher-class destroyers