ROCS Ma Kong (DDG-1805)
.jpg) ROCS Ma Kong (DDG-1805), then USS Chandler (DDG-996) | |
| Career (Republic of China) |  |
|---|---|
| Builder: |
Litton Ingalls, Pascagoula, Mississippi |
| Laid down: | 26 June 1978 |
| Launched: | 24 May 1980 as USS Chandler (DDG-996) |
| Acquired: | 30 May 2003 |
| Name: | ROCS Ma Kong (DDG-1805) |
| Commissioned: | 3 November 2006 |
| Status: | in active service, as of 2015 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Kee Lung-class destroyer |
| 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 |
| Aircraft carried: | One SH-3 Sea King or Two SH-2 Seasprite helicopters |
ROCS Ma Kong (馬公, 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.
External links
- This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain. The entry can be found here.
- Navysite.de: USS Chandler
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