Two ships in the

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have been named USS ''Chandler''. The first was named for William E. Chandler and the second for

Theodore E. Chandler Theodore Edson Chandler (December 26, 1894 – January 7, 1945) was a Rear admiral (United States), rear admiral of the United States Navy during World War II, who commanded battleship and cruiser divisions in both the Atlantic and Pacific Fleets ...

. * , was a , commissioned in 1919, served in World War II and decommissioned in 1945. * , was a , commissioned in 1982 and decommissioned in 1999. She was transferred to Taiwan.

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