WIS News 10 - Columbia, South Carolina | Taiwanese sailors refurbishing retired US Navy destroyers
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(Charleston-AP) Jan. 29, 2005 - About 500 Taiwanese sailors are refurbishing warships for Taiwan's navy at a Charleston shipyard.
And by July about 1,000 will be repairing and learning to operate four retired US Navy destroyers Taiwan bought in 2001.
The Taiwanese crews will sail for Asia when the work is finished. Work on the first ship will be completed later this year and the last ship is expected to sail by early 2007.
The warships were built in the 1970s and decommissioned in the late 1990s. The work is being done under a $100 million contract with an Alexandria, Virginia-based defense contractor.
The company also trains the Taiwanese sailors and coordinates repair efforts with shipyard employees.
Posted 5:05pm by Chantelle Janelle
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