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{{Infobox Ship | |Ship table fate=status |Ship image=[[Image:USS Aylwin (FF-1081).jpg|300px|USS Aylwin (FF-1081)]] |Ship caption=USS ''Aylwin'' (FF-1081) |Ship country=(US) |Ship flag={{USN flag|1992}} |Ship class=[[Knox class frigate|''Knox''-class frigate]] |Ship ordered=[[August 25]], [[1966]] |Ship builder=[[Avondale Shipyard]], [[Westwego, Louisiana]] |Ship laid down=[[November 13]], [[1969]] |Ship launched=[[August 29]], [[1970]] |Ship purchased=[[March 3]], [[1971]] |Ship commissioned=[[September 18]], [[1971]] |Ship decommissioned=[[May 15]], [[1992]] |Ship struck=[[January 11]], [[1995]] |Ship fate = Transferred to Taiwan [[April 29]], [[1998]] as ''Ni Yang'' (F 938) |Ship displacement = 3,214 tons (4,194 full load) |Ship length = 438 ft (133.5 m) |Ship beam = 46 ft 9 in (14.25 m) |Ship draught = 24 ft 9 in (7.6 m) |Ship propulsion=2 × CE 1200psi boilers<br />1 Westinghouse geared turbine<br />1 shaft, 35,000 SHP (26 MW) |Ship speed = over 27 knots |Ship range= |Ship endurance= |Ship boats= |Ship complement=18 officers, 267 enlisted |Ship sensors=AN/SPS-40 Air Search Radar</br>AN/SPS-67 Surface Search Radar</br>AN/SQS-26 [[Sonar]]</br>AN/SQR-18 [[Towed array sonar]] system</br>[[AN/SPG-53|Mk68]] Gun Fire Control System |Ship EW=[[SLQ-32 Electronic Warfare Suite|AN/SLQ-32 Electronics Warfare System]] |Ship armament=one Mk-16 8 cell missile launcher for [[ASROC]] and [[Harpoon missile]]s</br>one Mk-42 5-inch/54 caliber gun</br>[[Mark 46 torpedo]]es from four single tube launchers)</br>one Mk-25 BPDMS launcher for [[Sea Sparrow]] missiles (later replaced with one 20 mm [[Phalanx CIWS]]) |Ship aircraft=one [[SH-2 Seasprite]] (LAMPS I) helicopter |Ship motto=''Courage Conquers the Impossible'' |Ship nickname= }}