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{{Short description|Cannon-class destroyer escort}}
{{other ships|ROKS Gyeonggi}}
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|Ship country=United States
|Ship flag= {{USN flag|1946}}
|Ship name=USS ''Muir''
|Ship namesake= Kenneth Hart Muir
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|Ship builder=[[Tampa Shipbuilding Company]], [[Tampa, Florida]]
|Ship laid down=1 June 1943
|Ship launched=4 June 1944
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|Ship commissioned=30 August 1944
|Ship decommissioned=September 1947
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|Ship country=South Korea
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|Ship name=ROKS ''Kyongki'' (F-71)
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|Ship fate=Sent to the [[Philippines]] to be cannibalized for spare parts
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|Ship class= {{sclass|Cannon|destroyer escort}}
|Ship displacement=*{{convert|1240|LT|t|0|abbr=on}} standard
*{{convert|1620|LT|t|0|abbr=on}} full
|Ship length=*{{convert|306|ft|m|abbr=on}} [[Length overall|o/a]]
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|Ship propulsion=4 × GM Mod. 16-278A [[diesel engine]]s with electric drive, {{convert|6000|shp|0|abbr=on}}, 2 [[Screw ship|screws]]
|Ship speed= {{convert|21|kn|lk=in}}
|Ship range= {{convert|10800|nmi|km|abbr=on}} at {{convert|12|kn|abbr=on}}
|Ship complement=15 officers and 201 enlisted
|Ship armament=*3 × single Mk.22 [[3"/50 caliber gun]]s
*1 × twin [[Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/60|40 mm Mk.1 AA gun]]
*8 × [[Oerlikon 20 mm cannon|20 mm Mk.4 AA guns]]
*3 × [[American 21-inch torpedo|21-inch (533 mm)]] [[torpedo tube]]s
*1 × [[Hedgehog (weapon)|Hedgehog]] Mk.10 [[anti-submarine mortar]] (144 rounds)
*8 × Mk.6 [[depth charge]] projectors
*2 × Mk.9 depth charge tracks
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'''USS ''Muir'' (DE-770)''' was a {{sclass|Cannon|destroyer escort}} in service with the [[United States Navy]] from 1943 to 1947. In 1956, she was transferred to [[Republic of Korea Navy|South Korea]], where she served as ''Kyongki'' (F-71) until 1977. The ship was then cannibalized for spare parts in the [[Philippine Navy|Philippines]].
==Namesake==
Kenneth Hart Muir was born on 25 July 1916 in [[Brooklyn, New York]]. He enlisted in the [[U.S. Naval Reserve]] on 23 September 1940 serving as apprentice seaman until he was appointed [[midshipman]] on 14 February 1941. Muir died in action as officer in charge of the U.S. Armed Guard on board {{SS|Nathaniel Hawthorne}}, sunk in the [[Caribbean]] on 7 November 1942 by {{GS|U-508||2}}. Although severely wounded, he "ordered the three men near him to leap clear and then rushed back to help more escape. He was still urging his gunners over the side when the ship went down." He was posthumously awarded the [[Navy Cross]] and the [[Purple Heart]].
==History==
''Muir'' was laid down by [[Tampa Shipbuilding]] Co., [[Tampa, Florida]], on 1 June 1943; launched on 4 June 1944, sponsored by Mrs. Witten H. McConnochie, sister of the late Lieutenant (jg.) Muir; and commissioned on 30 August 1944.
===United States Navy (1944-1956)===
Following [[shakedown cruise|shakedown]] off [[Bermuda]], [[British West Indies]], ''Muir'' operated as [[school ship]] in the [[Chesapeake Bay]] area from 16 November into December. On 9 December she sailed for [[Europe]], arriving off [[Gibraltar]] the 26th to begin a year of [[convoy]] duty between the east coast and [[Mediterranean]] ports. She also served as part of a "Killer Group," [[Task Force|Task Group]] 22.13, so called because the primary duty was to hunt and destroy enemy [[submarines]]. Towards the end of the European war, ''Muir'' operated with [[Task Force]] 63 which stymied the German [[U-boat]]s' final thrust against Allied shipping in the North Atlantic.
When the news of Germany's surrender was received on 8 May 1945, ''Muir'' and her group began locating German [[submarines]] to accept their surrender. On 10 May she and {{USS|Carter|DE-112|3}} approached {{ship|German submarine|U-858||2|up=yes}} through a dense fog, her black flag of surrender barely visible even at close range. She was turned over to two other escort ships for delivery to a U.S. port.
On 17 May ''Muir'' joined {{USS|Sutton|DE-771|3}} in escorting under guard publicized {{ship|German submarine|U-234||2}}, with high ranking [[Luftwaffe]] officers and men German civilian technicians on board, to [[Portsmouth, New Hampshire]], arriving two days later. The escort ship continued on to [[New York City]], mooring the 20th.
From 14 June ''Muir'' operated off [[Mayport, Florida]], with {{USS|Guadalcanal|CVE-60|3}}, training carrier pilots for Pacific duty until [[Japan]] surrendered in mid-August. On 27 August she departed Mayport for [[Charleston Navy Yard]], [[Charleston, South Carolina]], arriving a day later.
After visiting [[Houston]], Texas, for [[Navy Day]] on 27 October, she devoted November and December to a cruise testing "[[Sofar bomb|SOFAR]]," a new long-range air sea rescue method. She traveled 7,500 miles in the Atlantic dropping bombs for naval ships in the [[Bahamas]] to pick up the sound waves and plot the position of the destroyer escort as far away as [[Dakar]], [[French West Africa]] (now [[Senegal]]).
In March 1946 ''Muir'' reactivated and was assigned to the [[Operational Test and Evaluation Force|Operational Development Force]], with [[Norfolk, Virginia]], as her homeport, for service into late 1947.
===Republic of Korea Navy (1956-1977)===
In September 1947 she decommissioned and entered the [[Atlantic Reserve Fleet]] at [[Green Cove Springs, Florida]], until 2 February 1956 when she was delivered on loan under the [[Military Assistance Program]] to the Republic of [[Korea]] at [[Boston Naval Shipyard]]. Struck from the [[Naval Vessel Register|Navy List]] on 1 July 1960, she continued to serve the [[South Korean Navy]] on loan as '''ROKS ''Kyongki'' (F-71)''' until she was stricken on 28 December 1977 and sent to the [[Philippines]] for cannibalization of parts.
== References ==
* {{DANFS|https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/m/muir.html}}
==External links==
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* {{navsource|06/770|USS Muir (DE-770)}}
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[[Category:Cannon-class destroyer escorts of the United States Navy]]
[[Category:Ships built in Tampa, Florida]]
[[Category:1944 ships]]
[[Category:World War II frigates and destroyer escorts of the United States]]
[[Category:Ships transferred from the United States Navy to the Republic of Korea Navy]]