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Guided missile destroyer ROCS Ma Kong (DDG 1805) (ex USS Chandler)

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Classification

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

Basic information

Namesake:
Ma Kong Naval Base
Renaming:
  • USS Chandler (DDG 996) 28.06.1980 — 13.03.1982
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 Ma Kong (DDG 1805) is a Kee Lung-class guided-missile destroyer currently in active service of Republic of China Navy. It is named after Ma Kong City, Penghu Island, a port city and the location of an important ROCN base.

She was formerly the American Kidd-class destroyer USS Chandler (DDG 996) which was decommissioned from the United States Navy in September 1999 and sold to the Republic of China Navy on 30 May 2003.

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