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Guided missile destroyer ROCS Tso Ying (DDG 1803) (ex USS Kidd)

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Classification

Ship class:
Kee Lung-class destroyer (ex ​Kidd-class destroyer)
Type:
Guided missile destroyer

Basic information

Namesake:
Tso Ying Naval Base, Tsoying, Kaohsiung City
Renaming:
  • USS Kidd (DDG 993) 11.08.1979 — 30.05.2003
Operator:
Republic of China Navy (Taiwan)Republic of China Navy (Taiwan) United States NavyUnited States Navy
Country of build:
Builder:
Ingalls ShipbuildingIngalls Shipbuilding
Ordered:
Laid down:
Launched:
Commissioned (service):
Decommissioned (out):
Status:
Active
Fate:
Purchased from USA in 2003

Ship measurements

Displacement:
7,289 t
Length:
171.6 m
Beam:
16.8 m
Draft:
9.6 m

Machine

Propulsion system:
CODLAG (CODELAG)
Propulsion:
  • 4 * General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines, 80,000 shp total (60 MW)
Speed:
33 knots
Range:
6,000 nautical miles (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)

Personnel

Complement:
363

Combat assets

Electronics:
  • SPS-48E air search radar
  • SPG-60 gun fire control radar
  • SPS-55 surface search radar
  • SPQ-9A gun fire control radar
  • SQS-53 sonar
  • SLQ-32(V)3 Outboard II
Armament:
  • 2 * Mark 26 launchers
  • 62 * SM-2 Block IIIA SAM
  • 2 * Mark 141 quad launcher
  • 8 * RGM-84 Harpoon
  • 2 * Mark 15 20 mm Phalanx CIWS
  • 2 * Mark 45 5 in (127 mm) gun
  • 2 * Mark 32 triple tube mounts with
  • 6 * Mark 46 torpedoes
Aircraft:
  • 1 * SH-3 Sea King or
  • 2 * SH-2 Seasprite helicopters

ROCS Tso Ying (DDG 1803) is a Kee Lung-class guided-missile destroyer currently in active service of Republic of China (Taiwan) Navy. It was formally commissioned at Suao Naval Base in northeastern Taiwan on 3 November 2006 along with sister ship ROCS Ma Kong (DDG 1805). Tso Ying is named after the largest naval base in Taiwan, the Tso Ying Naval Base in Tsoying District, Kaohsiung City at southern Taiwan. The Tso Ying Naval Base is also the location of the Republic of China's naval academy and fleet headquarters.

Tso Ying, formerly USS Kidd (DDG 993), the lead ship of her class of destroyers for the United States Navy, was purchased by the Republic of China in 2004. Her new name in ROCN service was originally planned to be Chi The, which is a transliteration of «Kidd» into Chinese.

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