USS Myles C. Fox (DD-829)

USS Myles C. Fox (DD-829) was a Gearing-class destroyer commissioned in the United States Navy in 1945. Named after Marine Lieutenant Myles C. Fox, a posthumous Navy Cross recipient from World War II, the ship served prominently through the Cold War era. She participated in the Korean War, providing naval gunfire support and screening aircraft carriers, and later saw action in the Vietnam War with shore bombardments and anti-submarine patrols. After decades of service, USS Myles C. Fox was decommissioned in 1979 and subsequently transferred to the Republic of China Navy, where she continued service as ROCS Liao Yang.