and Pearl Harbor, Yarnall arrived in San Diego on 16 February. While Yarnall was back in the US, hostilities in Korea ended when the s:Korean Armistice Agreement was signed on 27 July 1953. The warship, however, continued to make annual deployments to the Far East and frequently operated in Korean waters with TF 77. She continued to alternate deployments to the Orient with periods of normal operations out of San Diego until September 1958, when she was decommissioned. Berthed at Stockton, California, Yarnall remained inactive for almost a decade. Service in the Republic of China On 10 June 1968, the ship was transferred, on a loan basis, to the Republic of China Navy which she served as ROCS Kun Yang (DD-19). She was returned to the United States Navy in 1974 for disposal. Her name was struck from the Navy list on 25 January 1974, and she was transferred back to R.O.C. by sale. The ship number was changed to DD-934 in January 1976, and then to fixed ship number DD-919 on 1 October 1979. On 2 November 1982 the ship was modernized and become a missile destroyer, DDG-919. She was decommissioned 16 October 1999 and stricken on 11 November of the same year. She was towed out to sea and sunk as target off Yilan. The ship's mast and dinghy is on display at the Matou Military History Park, Tainan. One of her life boat is on display at the 823 Artillery Battle Memorial Park. Awards Yarnall (DD-541) earned seven battle stars during World War II and two battle stars during the Korean War. See also See USS Yarnall for other ships of the same name. References External links navsource.org: USS Yarnall hazegray.org: USS Yarnall Fletcher-class destroyers of the United States Navy Ships built in San Francisco 1943 ships World War II destroyers of the United States Cold War destroyers of the United States Korean War destroyers of the United States Heng Yang-class destroyers