ROCS Kee Lung (DDG-1801)
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.jpg/300px-USS_Scott_(DDG-995).jpg) ROCS Kee Lung (DDG-1801), then USS Scott (DDG-995) |
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| Career (USA) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | Scott |
| Launched: | March 1, 1980 |
| Acquired: | September 8, 1981 |
| Commissioned: | October 24, 1981 |
| Decommissioned: | December 10, 1998 |
| Struck: | December 10, 1998 |
| Fate: | Sold to Taiwan, 30 May 2003 |
| Career (Taiwan) |  |
| Name: | Kee Lung |
| Acquired: | 30 May 2003 |
| Commissioned: | 17 December 2005 |
| Status: | Active in service as of 2008 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 7,289 tons standard |
| Length: | 171.6 m (563 ft) |
| Beam: | 16.8 m (55 ft) |
| Draft: | 9.6 m (31.5 ft) |
| Propulsion: | 4 × General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines, 80,000 shp total (60 MW) |
| Speed: | 33 knots (61 km/h) |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
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
2 × Mark 141 quad launcher
2 × Mark 45 5 in (127 mm) gun 2 × Mark 32 triple tube mounts with 6 × Mark 46 torpedoes 1 × Mark 112 ASROC launcher |
| Aircraft carried: | 2 × S-70C(N) Sea Hawks |
ROCS Kee Lung (基隆, DDG-1801) is the leading vessel of Kee Lung class guided-missile destroyer currently in active service of Republic of China Navy.
[edit] History
Kee Lung was formerly USS Scott (DDG-995), which, prior to its decommissioning by the United States Navy in 1998, was the third Kidd-class destroyer. For a period of time Kee Lung was tentatively named Chi Teh (紀德), the transliteration of Kidd into Chinese. But it was later decided to name her after the port of Keelung, a major naval port in northern Taiwan.
Kee Lung, along with her three sister ships, is the largest destroyer and second largest ship in displacement ever in Republic of China Navy service, only smaller than ROCS Hsu Hai (旭海, LSD-193) dock landing ship. She was re-fitted for service in the ROCN at Denton's Shipyard in North Charleston, South Carolina. She was formally commissioned on December 17, 2005 along with her sister ship ROCS Su Ao (蘇澳, DDG-1802), ex-Callaghan (DDG-994).
[edit] Specifications
Kee Lung is also the only one of the four sister ships to be equipped with LAMPS III system, enables it to carry up to two S-70C(N) Sea Hawks helicopters for anti-submarine warfare.
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